901OTM: Tom Lee Park (Ft. George Abbott)

Welcome to the first touring episode for the podcast! George Abbott is the External Affairs Director for the Memphis River Parks Partnership and advocate for the new Tom Lee Park coming to Mississippi River. "After more than 1OO years of planning, Memphis stands poised to create the most spectacular riverfront in the country with a signature Tom Lee Park at its center. Memphis’ next civic jewel will reunite the city with the river and be a place for community life to flourish by the water’s edge. Tom Lee Park will be a new front door for Memphis and a spectacular symbol of what we can achieve, together." - https://www.tomleepark.org/  And who is Tom Lee? A black river worker who saved more than 30 white strangers from an overturned steamer on the Mississippi in 1925 during the Jim Crow Era. Watch his story here: https://vimeo.com/416364567 To support the park, visit https://www.tomleepark.org/support

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