PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR STATE MEMORIAL
219 North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street
Dayton, Ohio 45407

937-224-7061

MEMORIAL DAY 2004

The Paul Laurence State Memorial opened for the summer season on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2004.

A program, held at noon paid tribute to the Honorable Judge Walter Rice, Dayton born author Alice Hinkle and African American soldiers.

Photos by Frank Sci and Bennie McRae

Ms. LaVerne Sci, Director, and honored guests (L-R) Judge Robert McBride, Retired (Municipal, Common Pleas and Court of Appeals), and United States District Judge Walter H. Rice, Southern District of Ohio. Judge Walter Rice cutting the ribbon, officially opening the Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial for the 2004 summer season.

 

African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar rose from a poor childhood in Dayton to international acclaim as a writer and as an effective voice for equality and justice for African Americans. He published twenty-one books during his short life, and was friends with luminaries ranging from Frederick Douglass to Booker T. Washington.

Now restored, Dunbar's boyhood home contains memorabilia of his life and career, including a permanent exhibit that spans many stages of the writer's development.

HOURS
Memorial Day - Labor Day 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday
12:00 noon - 4:30 p.m. Sunday and Holidays
Labor Day thru October 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Saturday
12:00 noon - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
November - Memorial Day 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday


Throughout the Summer of 2004, several exciting programs are scheduled to take place at the Dunbar Memorial that should not be missed. On June 27, 2004, there will be a very special Commemorative Birthday Dinner. Tickets for the dinner will be $50.00 per person.

GUIDED TOUR

$5.00 per adult 
$2.00 per student
$4.50 senior citizens and AAA members
Ohio Historical Society members free
Children five years and under free

Groups of twenty or more by appointment

L-R: Colonel John Mitchell, Ohio Military Reserves, Judge Robert McBride, Judge Walter Rice and Bennie McRae, Trotwood Memorial Post 4270 - Veterans of Foreign Wars Ms. Laverne Sci, Director, and Volunteers (Dunbareans). L-R: Mary Johnson, Willa Bronston, Benette DeCoux, Laverne Sci, Lucille Morrow, Delores Henderson and Frances Moore

 
L-R: Judge Walter Rice, Bennie McRae and Colonel John Mitchell

Mailing address:

Dunbar House
PO Box 1872
Dayton, OH 45401

Telephone: 937-224-7061 or 224-5625

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Posted by

Bennie J. McRae
Trotwood, Ohio

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