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This statement comes from Ms Brandie Fields,Executive Director of the Orange County Historical <br /> Museum. <br /> On behalf of the Orange County Historical Museum I am writing in support of Dr. Iris Chapman's <br /> application for the creation of a mural in what is now Hillsborough Elementary to celebrate the history <br /> of Central High School.The Museum looks forward to working with the Central High Reunion Committee <br /> and Dr. Chapman to add another element to this project in the form of an online exhibit.This online <br /> exhibit would allow the Central High School Committee to provide historical context to the mural that <br /> would be available to students,teachers, parents and the community at large.This online exhibit will be <br /> hosted on the Museum's blog(orangeNChistory.wordpress.com)and will provide information and <br /> images relating to the history of Central High School and the community that preserves and celebrates <br /> its history.The history of Central High School is a crucial part of the area's history,as a segregated <br /> school that served the African-American community.To celebrate,commemorate,and share this history <br /> with the community and the children that walk the same hallways provides them with a sense of how <br /> history affects current day and can exist simultaneously with the present. <br />