A self-guided tour in five city of Lakeland buildings tells the story of local Black history and the people who led the way, ABC Action News reports. The exhibits will be up until Feb. 26. | Learn more Source: ABC Action News
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Lakeland Teacher’s Black History Month Art Wins Recognition
Lakeland artist and teacher Chanique Davis has gotten national attention for the Black History Month art she creates for the door of her classroom at Lake Alfred Elementary School. This year’s installation focuses on the Afro and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, News Channel 8 reports. | Watch a LkldNow in View conversation with Davis
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Memorial Stone Honors Lakeland-Based Buffalo Soldier
A ceremony in Bartow on Saturday will dedicate a headstone for Pvt. James Johnson, an African-American Buffalo Soldier who was stationed in Lakeland in 1898 awaiting deployment to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He never made it, instead dying under imprisonment in the county seat, The Ledger reports. | ALSO: News Channel 8 Source: The […]
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Confederate Monument Move Appeal Heard by Federal Judges
Lakeland’s Confederate monument was moved from Munn Park to Veterans Park more than a year ago, but the legal battle over the move is still being fought in federal court. Organizations that opposed the move went to court last year to have the 110-year-old monument returned on free-speech grounds; a federal judge dismissed the case, […]
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Gow Fields Will Lead Push for a History and Culture Center
Former Mayor Gow Fields will lead a drive to place a Lakeland History and Culture Center inside the main library on Lake Morton.
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Buffalo Soldier Monument Replaced in Same Spot on Lake Wire
After 19 years of wear and tear, a historical marker commemorating the Buffalo Soldiers’ 1898 encampment on Lake Wire has been replaced with a replica.
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Fire Escape Plans Denied for Historic Home Preschool Project
A request to add fire escapes and alley-side parking to the historic Columbus W. Deen house was denied by the Historic Preservation Board’s Design Review Committee Thursday.
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Name Change Sought to Honor Buffalo Soldiers
The cavalry troops known as buffalo soldiers who camped on the shore of Lake Wire in 1898 are remembered by a historic marker on the Peachtree Street side of the lake. But buffalo soldier re-enactor Richard Wilder wants a more significant commemoration. On Monday, he will ask city commissioners to change the name of nearby […]
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Lake Morton Century Homes Project Celebrates History
In neighborhoods near Lake Morton, houses with broad front porches, striking columns, latticed crawl spaces and jutting windows have settled into the Earth for more than 100 years, standing despite hurricanes, gnawing termites, technical advances and human desire for change. Michael Maguire, a South Lake Morton neighborhood resident, wanted to recognize these old homes. He […]
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Lakeland Population Grew 13.6% From 2010 to 2018
Latest Census Bureau population estimates show Lakeland at 110,516 last July, up 13.6 percent from April 2010. That puts us 133rd fastest-growing in the U.S. and 19th in Florida. Source: https://t.co/M0wfysGyxF#lkld pic.twitter.com/s0fDOYDZVB — Lkld Now (@LkldNow) June 20, 2019