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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1EEODC85- 7CA9 -41CF- 815E- 5E4DD229C531 <br />Project /Program Organizing partners Music Maker Relief Foundation and Alliance for <br />Summary Historic Hillsborough present the "Margaret Lane Cemetery Day of <br />Remembrance" in May 2019. Supporting partners include Free Spirit <br />Freedom and the Northern Orange County Branch of the NAACP. <br />This event pays homage to the individuals who built the town of <br />Hillsborough in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many of whom <br />were buried in the Margaret Lane Cemetery. <br />The event will coordinate with Free Spirit Freedom's annual Gospel <br />Concert to bring a weekend -long celebration of the legacy and <br />contributions of Hillsborough's African American community. <br />Leading up to the event, Music Maker will host public workshops, led <br />by art educator Keri Frank, to make crepe paper flowers and teach <br />participants about the individuals who built their town. <br />The event begins at Gold Park, where participants will create crepe <br />paper flowers and hear a brief lecture by a historian discussing the <br />impact of the African American community in the founding and <br />construction of Hillsborough. Next, the community will enjoy a <br />musical performance by local gospel ensemble, The Kings of <br />Harmony. <br />After the Gospel music, children from the community will be invited to <br />read aloud to the names of the ancestors inscribed on the memorial <br />plaque in the Margaret Lane Cemetery. The children will then lead the <br />community in a procession through the River Walk to the Margaret <br />Lane Cemetery and "plant" their flowers to honor our ancestors. The <br />"planting" will be accompanied by the singing of traditional spirituals <br />by "The Branchettes." <br />Project Start Date January 1, 2019 <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2018) <br />Project End Date (no May 31, 2019 <br />later than June 30, <br />2019) <br />