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The Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History (MLFH) is a non-profit 501c3 organization in Palm Beach County, Florida that was established in 1999. The current programs include Children Parents Day, theTaste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida; the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach, and the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Lake Worth, Florida.
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, for Black History Month, 59 members how do i track an airline flight of the Retirees, Seniors and Friends took a custom how do i track an airline flight Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Lake Worth, Florida (in Palm Beach County) conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History . This African American how do i track an airline flight travel club was from Broward and Dade Counties in Florida. It was a sold-out tour with a waiting list. MLFH made arrangments for Macy s at the Boynton Beach Mall in Boynton Beach, FL to host private Shopping Breakfast for the group prior to their arrival to Lake Worth, FL. Upon their arrival to Macy's they were greeted by Mr. Jim Rodgers, Vice President for that Macy's store. Raffles were conducted for a chance to win exclusive beauty gift sets. Plus, MAC Cosmetics offered complimentary mini-makeovers for the special guests.
Mr. Jim Rodgers, Vice President for Macy's with Barbara Johnson, group leader for the Retirees, Seniors and Friends at Macy's-Boynton Beach, FL which hosted private shopping and breakfast for the group.
This was Retirees, Seniors and Friends second time taking the MLFH s Narrated History Bus Tour. Last year in 2011, they took the Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Delray Beach, FL which included a visit to MLFH's exhibit galleries inside the Boynton Beach Mall and also a trip to the Courthouse Museum how do i track an airline flight in West Palm Beach. The group enjoyed the tour immensely and immediately scheduled a return visit for Black History Month in year 2012.
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This African American travel club formed a few years ago and they ve traveled to various historic cities in America including how do i track an airline flight Florida. This is their second group visit to Palm Beach County, Florida. how do i track an airline flight They represent a demographic of professional African Americans who have retired in South Florida. Many of them are of Bahamian heritage and they also symbolize a migration that took place more than 40 years ago in the 1960s of educated African Americans who moved to South Florida how do i track an airline flight for job opportunities from the island of the Bahamas, and also African Americans who moved to South Florida from Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
For Black History Month 2012, MLFH scheduled a tour of historic Lake Worth, Florida because it was first settled in 1889 by an African American woman named Fannie James who owned with her husband Samuel James (who were both former slaves) 186 acres of land that stretched from Lake Avenue to 12 Avenue South in Lake Worth, FL. The impetus for visiting Lake Worth was for the group to tour the new home of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council how do i track an airline flight at the Montgomery building because that facility is located how do i track an airline flight on property once owned by the former slaves Samuel Fannie James. In addition, three other historic black sites in the historic black Osborne Addition neighborhood in Lake Worth were visited that included the 1922 Grant Chapel AME Church , the 1927 St. John's Episcopal Church and the Osborne Colored School .
During segregation, African Americans lived in a section of Lake Worth designated Osborne Colored how do i track an airline flight Addition. It was platted in 1917 and many of the early settlers moved from neighboring Lantana, Florida after Lantana passed an ordinance how do i track an airline flight that prohbited black residents. Grant Chapel AME Church's origins were in Lantana, Florida then it moved to the Osborne Colored Addition in Lake Worth. It is the first African American church in Lake Worth. Grant also served as the first location for the Colored School in Lake Worth. Rev. Rosetta Clark of Grant AME re-told the history of the church when the tour guests visited.
St. John's Episcopal is the second oldest black church in Lake Worth which was established in 1927. It is still an active how do i track an airline flight church located in its original 1927 church building how do i track an airline flight which survived the devastating 1928 hurricane. St. John's served as the second location for the Colored School in Lake Worth. Descendants of the founders of the church provided the history of St. John's. George Glinton and Richard Knowles are descendants of the founders who were originally from Long Island, how do i track an airline flight Bahamas. They were joined by St. John church member Theodore Morris who shared the history about the Big Red Bell located in front of the church. So the story goes, the historic Big Red Bell was created in 1904 for the Fire Department in West Palm Beach, FL. The Fire Department donated the bell to St. John's how do i track an airline flight in the 1930s. The church had to raise $100 to pay for the transportation costs for moving the Bell to their church site. The Big Red Bell is tolled for special occasions.
1927 St. John's how do i track an airline flight Espicopal Church and the Big Red Bell in Lake Osborne (formerly known as Lake Osborne Colored Addition) in Lake Worth, FL. Church member Theodore Morris is pictured with the bell. The church was established by black Bahamians from Long Island, Bahamas. It was visited for the Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History tour of historic Lake Worth, FL hosted for the Retirees, Seniors and Friends travel club.
In 1947, a free-standing building was erected to serve as the Osborne Colored School for grades 1st thru 8th. After integration it continued to operate as a day school until the 2000s then it became a Head Start Center which is its current function. how do i track an airline flight The visit to the Osborne School was amazing where the tour guests were greeted with welcome signs and their visit included a hot meal and musical performance by school's children. Former Lake Worth Commissioner Retha M. Lowe greeted the Retirees, Seniors and Friends how do i track an airline flight members too. Lowe was the first African how do i track an airline flight American commissioner for the City of Lake Worth where she also served as Vice Mayor. Lowe served on the commission with former how do i track an airline flight Lake Worth Mayor Tom Ramiccio who also participated in the tour with greeting the visitors at each of the historic sites in Lake Osborne. At the Osborne School, Ramiccio gave a history speech about Lake Worth settler Fannie James who was a property owner in the area before it was even Lake Worth. During his term as Mayor, Ramiccio was instrumental how do i track an airline flight with documenting how do i track an airline flight the historical contribution of former black slave Fannie James and having a monument built for her in Downtown Lake Worth, FL.
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The finale visit of the tour was to the new home for the Palm Beach County Cultural Council which is now located in the Robert Montgomery, Jr. Building. The architectural style of the 1940s building is Art Deco which originally served as a movie theater. Nichole Hickey, Artists' how do i track an airline flight Services Coordinator for the Palm Beach County Cultural Council greeted the African how do i track an airline flight American travel club, and gave a brief lecture about the history of the building and the purpose of the Palm Beach County Cultural how do i track an airline flight Council. Then the travel club guests took a self-guided tour of the facility and shopped how do i track an airline flight in the Gift Shop. Mr. Bill Nix, Vice President for Government Affairs for the Cultural Council, also welcomed, greeted, and mixed and mingled with the special visitors during their tour of the galleries. The Cultural Council provided for each tour guest a tote bag.
Palm Beach County Cultural Council Vice President Bill Nix with Mrs. Barbara Johnson. The Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History made arrangements for the African American travel club Retirees, Seniors and Friends how do i track an airline flight to visit the new home for the Palm Beach County Cultural Council for Black History Month. This is the first African American travel club to take a tour of historic Lake Worth, FL
The Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce also gave Welcome Packets in tote bags for each of the Retirees, how do i track an airline flight Seniors Friends members that included a complimentary copy of the nearly 300-page history book about Lake Worth entitled LAKE WORTH: Jewel of the Gold Coast .
Welcome letters were received from US Congressman Alcee Hastings , Florida State Representative Lori Berman, Palm Beach County Commissioner Shelley Vana, Lake Worth Mayor Pam Triolo . Click Here to read their letters.
To schedule a private group tour of Historic Palm Beach County, FL contact the Museum at 561-243-2662 or e-mail: Tour@DelrayBeachBusTours.org . Visit the website at MLFHMUSEUM.org . Click LIKE for MLFH's Facebook Page.
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Volunteers Dolores Silver and Carol Ellis for the Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History helped with greeting and sign-in for the private shopping and breakfast event at Macy's Boynton Beach, FL for the Retirees, Seniors and Friends
Volunteers Carol Ellis and Dolores Silver for the Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History with MLFH founder Lori J Durante, (center) helped with greeting and sign-in for the private shopping and breakfast how do i track an airline flight event at Macy's Boynton Beach, FL for the Retirees, how do i track an airline flight Seniors and Friends
59 Members how do i track an airline flight of the Retirees, Seniors and Friends African American travel club took a custom tour of historic Lake Worth for Black History Month conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle Fashion History. The group seated in the historic 1927 St. John's Epsicopal Church. The Retirees group was so moved by the history of the church they took-up a monetary collection for St. John's.
L-R: George Glinton and