SEA ISLAND AUTHOR TO ATTEND RENAMING CEREMONY IN HISTORIC U-STREET CORRIDOR

SEA ISLAND AUTHOR FALLON N. GREEN IS SET TO ATTEND FORT STEVENS NATIONAL PARK MONUMENT WHERE THEY WILL RENAME A PORTION OF HISTORIC QUACKENBOS STREET “ELIZABETH  THOMAS WAY”

Join me and discover the life and legacy of Elizabeth “Aunt Betty” Thomas.  Known  HISTORICALLY as, “the OWNER of Fort Stevens,” Elizabeth Thomas was a free black woman who owned about 11 acres of the land in Washington, D.C. prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.  Her land was used to construct Fort Stevens and holds a very active and strategic importance in the success of The Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C. 

Located at 13^th and Quackenbos, NW  in Washington, DC.  The ceremony will then start promptly at NOON and last no later than 3pm.  It is free for all attendees and registration is not required.  For more information call 202-241-7276.  All ages welcome.

Sponsoring Organizations:

The Military Road School Preservation Trust, The Brightwood Community Association, The Emory Beacon of Light and The National Park Service.

Note:    I will be on hand to answer genealogy questions for anyone who has them. 

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We've Moved!

Due to the growth of my overwhelmingly large amount of content on my facebook page and my growing need to have easier ways to publish, I’ve decided to move my page to Posterous.

Basically Posterous is...Luxury Living for Bloggers!

So, if you wanna continue chatting with me and still despite everything still think I'm worth having as a friend you can check me out and read my posts regularly at http://fallongreen15.posterous.com/.

Feel free to update your RSS feeds to http://fallongreen15.posterous.com/ if you follow me regularly or even not at all.

Just do it! 

In the meantime, my facebook space will simply be used to make the transfer to Posterous move a little more smoothly. 

I'm telling you people, if you aren't on Posterous, then you haven't lived!

See you at the new site!

Note:  I will be moving all of my photos, videos and contacts to Posterous and will only be Autoposting to my Facebook account only!

My photos will be available via my Flickr Account: African American Genealogy with Fallon Green and give me at least a week to get all my emails in sync and transferred. 

If you need to see any past videos or posts they will still be available on Facebook, but no NEW posts will be made through Facebook directly.

Please update our new information in your contacts.

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