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No. 2675
September 17 - September 23, 2020
A Grave Situation
THERE IS A
By James A. Schnur
NEW COUNCILMAN IN TOWN!
Thee Progressive Candidate SHELLY WILSON
Exhuming the Past of Lincoln and Forgotten Cemeteries in Pinellas
March, 2021
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An eight-part series special to the Gabber Residents of Gulfport have had an interest in the fate of Lincoln Cemetery for many years. Established in 1926, there is a general – and incorrect – assumption that Lincoln was the original cemetery for African Americans on the lower Pinellas Peninsula. Those old enough to remember when a railroad operated on the current path of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail might even invoke the old phrase “on the other side of the tracks” to describe the purpose and placement of this cemetery many years ago.
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Zoe Papas Illustrates What It Means to be Human
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ZOE PAPAS
“A Light from the Shadows”
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Figure artist Zoe Papas wants people to see the universality of the human form. “When a viewer sees my drawing, I want them to also see themselves in it,” she says. She draws inspiration from the Italian masters of the Renaissance and Baroque style – in particular the Zoe continued on page 17
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