June 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Talked with Charlene Farrington, Museum Director. Spady Cultural Heritage Museum. "The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is a museum of African-American history in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. It is housed in the former home of the late Solomon David Spady, a prominent African-American educator and community leader in Delray Beach from 1922 to 1957. They are dedicated to discovering, collecting, and sharing the Black history and heritage of Palm Beach County." Located at 170 NW Fifth Avenue in Delray Beach, the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is one of the stops on Palm Beach County's Black Cultural Heritage Trail. They have several events happening during "Juneteenth" Season. The Delray Beach Chamber is hosting a Juneteenth Spady "House Party" on Tuesday June 17, then they have a Juneteenth Workshop introducing students to the historical meaning and application of Adinkra symbols over five sessions. The workshop paintings will be displayed as part of a free Community Day at the Spady on June 19th. Later in July they continue their workshops by welcoming caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s to a special Lunch & Information Session. Listeners can get info on exhibitions, workshops, hosting a house party, becoming a volunteer, artisan for the marketplace by going to www.spadymuseum.com.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Good morning, Welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Net, Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of great things going on. Got a reminder
from Saint Lucie County. They're doing a really cool adaptive
swim program this summer at the Lakewood Park Pool and
it's going on now through July eleventh on Fridays. Reach
out to them seven seven two for six two thirty
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seven seventy two and they can give you all the
details on how to register and all the different programs
are offering with that. Speaking of fun things to do,
Cravis Center, all kinds of great things going on there.
Even though it's summertime, they continue to offer things for
us I, which is awesome. Coming up Friday, June twentieth,
seven pm it is Ralph Barbosa and Rene Vaka with
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a Butterfly Effect Tour. So that's going to be a
fun one. Find out a comedy for folks we use
we can all use a good laugh right about now.
And then coming up June twenty fourth, through the twenty ninth,
big summer musical for us, Ain't Too Proud, The Life
and Times of the Temptations. So that's going to be
a wonderful show. Lots of great motown in that one.
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Definitely want to check that one out. And they also
have coming up on Friday and Saturday, June twenty seventh
and the twenty eighth at the Craviscenter at the Palm
Beach Improv which is now at the Craviscenter. They're presenting
Jeff die so he's going to be there. Great show.
For more details, go to Cravis dot org, Kravis dot org,
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or you can call the box office five six, one, eight,
three to two show and they've got all the details
for you. And we talked with Elizabeth last week. Palm
Beach Shakespeare Festivals coming again this summer and they are
doing a Winter's Tale and of course it's going to
be happening at the Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlon Park and Jupiter.
It's going to be Thursday through Sunday, July tenth through
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the thirteenth, and then seventeenth through the twentieth. Free admission,
but there is a suggestive five dollars dognation. If you
can do that, they would appreciate it. You can go
to pebe Shakespeare dot org for more details on that
and follow them live on social media because she'll do
live weather reports the night of the different events. So
I think it's really fun. A reminder also, Saint Loucie
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County Reckon Role is offering archery programs this year, so
the recond roll goes to the different recreational playground areas
during the summer for the communities. It's designed for ages
ten to seventeen and they have a bunch of different
programs they do and they're adding archery in on one
of the days now, so I think it's gonna be fun.
I believe that's so. Yeah, Wednesdays at the Longwood Tennis Court,
it's gonna be an archery day. So lots of good
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stuff happening with that. And also reminder, Saint Loucie County
is hosting the nighttime Sea Turtle Walks, so coming up
on the Wednesday, the eighteenth and the twenty fifth for June.
There's two classes. They're educational, they're free. You do need
to sign up ahead of time because it's a limited
size because we don't want to disturb the turtles while
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we're doing where they're doing their thing. Give Erika call
seven to seven two four six two seventeen ninety one
and you can give all the details on that one to you.
And of course there's still some time to register for
some of the summer camps happening at Oxbow Eco Center.
So they've got Oxpo Artchery, so it's art and archery.
So the archery is really popular this summer. They've caught
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onto that and that was good for grades nine to twelve,
so you can do that. They've got Preserve Pials where
it's like more like environmental consciousness and preserving things, hands
on stuff. With that, you can go to oxpoeco dot
com to see all the different programs and all the
regular exhibitions they have going on a reminder of the
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Cultural Council. Lots of cool things happening this month. On
June eighteenth, it is a sunset tour at the Jupiter
Inlet Lighthouse, so it's a really cool thing. You climb
up and you see the sunset, just amazing. Friends of
mine did that and that's how we propose as a
very very sweet also Pride Month help course happening all
month long, and Historical Society Pommeach County's got a nice
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exhibition happening for that rumors playing Neil Simon's play happening
at the FAU Theater Lab now through June twenty eighth.
And like I said, eight too proud coming to the
Cravis Women of You motto that's the more common museum
in Japanese gardens. That exhibition is going on now through
August twenty fourth. Also happening at the more common museum.
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Of course, today's Father's Day, so happy Father's Day. Dad
gets in free, so head on over to the gardens.
It's a fun thing and then cars. Okayally, nature centers
always doing lots of fun things. This one is an
evening one. It's called the Family Owl prow As, so
you see all the nocturnal animals. It starts at seven
point thirty. It is June seventeenth, good for all ages.
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It is five dollars per person. You do need to
make reservations so they have enough naturalists on hand for
the whole group or in teering. Fine, that one's coming
up June twenty fifth, So that was good for ages
eight and up. So if they like to do the
little compass or their GPS on their phone figure out
where they are. It's a fun class to take. For
more details, you can always go to Pbcparks dot com
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and they have all the details listed right there for you.
As speaking of outside gardens, Mounts dot Org Mounts Botanical Garden.
Lots of great things happening there. But the fun things
this summer, they've got like little scavenger hunts and treks,
and they've got an app that you can download on
your phone and do like a virtual tour of the garden.
While you're there, somebody's chatting with you. They have the
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fish feeding and turtle feeding events. They are also offering
sensory backpacks for guests that need those. They've got great
different exhibitions and things happening. There's watercolors for beginners, yoga, meditation,
like the sound bass. They do dog days. It's a
lot of fun. Some they go to Mounts dot org
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and all the different programs are listed right there on
the website for you. Speaking of outside fun as well,
Saint Lucie County Hikes does really cool hikes in the
different preserves. So Friday, June twentieth from eight thirty to
ten thirty am. This one's called Where the Water Goes
and it's a walk at the Ancient Oaks Preserve, talk
about improving water quality and how we can preserve that. Saturday,
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June twentieth from eight to nine thirty am. This one's
the Top Secret Hike happening at Donald B. Moore Preserves.
And if you wonder what the hikes about, to get
your answer, you got to come out and join them.
It's a cute one. I like this idea. And then
of course on Wednesday, June eighteenth, they're opening up a
new preserve for folks to do the eco tours in,
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so this one you can come out and explore the
trails of the Pristine Pinelands Preserve as through the Environmental
Resources Division, they're going to be there helping everybody as
a really cool new program. And it's on June eighteenth
from eight thirty to eleven thirty am. And to find
out about all these different hikes, simply go to SLC
Hikes dot org SLC hik e s dot org and
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they're happy all the details on that. It's a lot
of fun. Speaking of fun, the Norton Museum of Art.
They want everybody to come this summer and say hi,
check out all the wonderful exhibitions. So they got a
really cool donation and so now they are offering free
Saturday ad mission for all Palm Beach County residents during
the entire summer, brought to you by the generosity the Anna,
Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation. Additionally, the City of West
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Pump Beach residence receive freed mission on Saturday's year round,
so I found that out as well. Caul. You can
go to the Norton dot org for all the details,
or you can give Scott a call five six one
eight three two five one nine six Extension eleven thirty
six and he can fill you in all cool things
they are doing. So they have lots of fun things happening.
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Speaking of cool fun things, I want to welcome my
guests for today. I have Charlene Farrington, museum director for
the Spady Culture Museum in Delray Beach. Good morning, Good morning,
Hi deb Hi everyone. Good So glad you could come in.
We haven't time had you in a while. I want
to catch up and see how things are going. So
one hundred years at the Spading.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
The Spading House will be one hundred years old in
twenty twenty six, so that is at a milestone for
a structure that was built in the traditionally black area
of Delray Beach. We're very proud of it and we're
going to celebrate. We already started celebrating.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Actually, and you should be. It's like a friend of
mine lives in Baltimore now and she's recently had to
do some repairs in her house. It's make the eighteen hundreds,
and I was like, they built them. Well, sorry, yes,
you might have to invest, you know, forty thousand dollars
in repairs, but it's gonna be there for your grandkits
and it's going to continue.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And not only that, but those old homes have so
many stories to tell, so much history, so much information
and just information about the natural environment and resources. So
built environment, especially the older homes, are very important for
our communities. Oh absolutely.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
And I'm always amazed at like what they used, like
because the materials they have right, and some of us,
our newer, fancier materials aren't as effective as there's were.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Absolutely not. They were very creative in the materials they
used and those materials thankfully have lasted for years. So yeah,
we love the preservation of those historic structures. When it
can happen, Oh, absolutely can always happen. But when it can,
we're all for it.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I agree. Well, growing up in Pennsylvania there were Stonemasons
and they would take these stones and like they should
be pous of them, right, And they had the visual
acuity to like basically make their own little tetris thing
for the wall and put their little spackle thing in.
Those houses have been there, I don't a couple hundred
years at least. It's amazing beautiful. Oh, definitely beautiful to see.
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So for folks who don't know, tell me what's the
history of the Spading Museum.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
So, the Spady Museum is a Black history museum and
cultural center. It is housed in the home that once
belonged to Solomon Spady. Mister Spady and his wife Jesse
built that home and they finished it back in nineteen
twenty six. It's a two storage structure. It's a Mission
Revival style architecture and the Spady Museum moved into it
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in two thousand and one. We run a Black history
museum which includes exhibits and museum programming, things like lecturers
and youth programming, tours, walking and bus tours, as well
as commemorative events. And we do all of this in
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honor of the legacy of mister Spady, who believed in
educating the heart and the hands as well as the mind.
So everything that we do is designed to educate our
heart and our hands. And we love what we do.
We've been doing it since two thousand and one and
we want to do it at least another one hundred years.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Well I want you too as well. That's fantastic and
I think it's so cool because you make history available
for everybody. Yes, are they can to understand it?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
And I wan't say black history because I think it's history.
It's American history. American history absolutely, so it's just a
component of it that I think sometimes is omitted an
area I send people this is how you can find out.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Exactly, and we believe in bringing people together around that history.
Much of what we talk about has its roots in
things that we already know. Hopefully, we got a basic
rudimentary education in American history when we were in school,
so when you come visit us, we pick up from
where school left off and we fill in some of
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the blanks, some of the gaps, and we continue that
discussion about American history and what happened to all of
us in our beloved country and how we're going to
use that information going forward. Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Absolutely. I was talking with Elizabeth last week, so I
had gone to the lighthouse. Did you for lighthouse? And
they've got their museum there.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I never realized that Fort Lauderdale was Fort Lauderdale because
it was originally a Ford.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yes, And she was.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Like, Dove, I'm like, I didn't grow up here. I
wouldn't know unless you go to a museum or for
some reason you some friend of yours mentions that exactly.
So I think it's cool because you're our friends. Are
gonna tellus about all the fun things that we need
to know, and maybe some difficult topics, but good people
can talk about the topics exactly and grow together from
it exactly. Difficult solutions that are good for everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Those difficult topics are the opportunities for education. Those are
the opportunities for us to really get a different perspective
and understand what happened and what's happening now. So we
should not shy away from the difficult topics. I would agree.
And I actually read somewhere that there was a doctor
that was talking to parents like, because sometimes you have
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to have conversations with your kids that are you know,
you're uncomfortable, right, And he was like, talk about it
in the car because you're driving, you're doing your thing.
So it's just a casual like, oh, did you know
so and so right or this thing is happening, and
have any questions about that? And so there's no pressure,
you know, you're not staring them down over the coffee
coffee in the morning. And it was just like, thus,
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of all, they can't run away.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
I hadn't thought about that part of it. Clearly, you've
dealt with the kids. Oh, yes, I've been there. I've
been there today. So what hours does this Spady open
and where's it located? So?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
The Spady Museum is in beautiful downtown Delray Beach. Our
address is one seven zero Northwest Fifth Avenue, and we
are open Tuesday through Saturday, eleven to four. We are
closed on most major holidays. However, if there is another
day or another time that you would like to come
see us, we are always flexible and we live nearby,
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and we can accommodate most time frames, especially if you
have a large group that you'd like to bring through,
we can accommodate you.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
That's good. So is every way to reach out to us.
A phone number, website bet.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Five six one two seven nine eight eight eight three.
That's our phone number, or if you'd like to email us,
email us at info at Spadymuseum dot org.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Very cool. So and of course Ozzie's Museum a cultural center,
so as a museum has some really cool exhibitions happening.
So tell me about what is water Works Distillations, because
that's going on now through September twenty first.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
It is, and it is an exhibition that delves into
the relationship that South Floridians have with water. It's a
very straightforward and basic relationship, but in some cases, with
some parts of our culture, it can be a very
emotional or complicated relationship with water. I'm referring to things
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like the Middle Passage, or I'm referring to things like
the hurricane of nineteen twenty eight that devastated people along
the along the shores of Lake Okachobee. Living in South Florida.
We are very used to bad weather, hurricanes and tornadoes
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and lightning, and so we have a very complicated history
with water, and that's what the exhibit explores. We have
some historical information on the walls. We have some beautiful
artwork done by an artist out of Miami named Frank
sinnonin as he explores his relationships with water. And then
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there are some pieces of ephemeral like some postcards from
the Bahamas. We have some seashells on loan from the
sand Away Discovery Center, one of our great partners. Sand
Away Discovery Center, by the way, has the second largest
seashell collection in the state of Florida. Say that five
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times fast. And so we have a couple of representatives
of some of those seashells there. But more importantly, we
have oral stories of people who are recalling their experiences
experiences with water. Because really, in the end, at the
end of the day, is about what happened to people,
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and so we want to hear from people. We like
to have people tell us their stories.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Oh. Absolutely, that's the.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Most important and fascinating part of history.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I would agree. I had one instructor in college, and
like he was talking about economics and finding things and whatever.
And one day he comes in. It's like a big
generic social studies class that you kind of had to
have one of its prerequisites. So we come in and he's
got big and small cans, canned hams m h like
that you opened with a little metal key, right, And
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we're like, what kind of classes this.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Going on to today today?
Speaker 2 (16:37):
And he's like, oh, I'm so sorry. He's like, you know,
I just need to do this while we're talking, because
I got to get it to the post office at
a certain time to get it shipped out. He had
family in Poland that had money, but there was no
food available for them to buy with their money. So
he was shipping and he had all he probably had
like ten different boxes, and he's putting different sized hams
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and cans and some other canned items in these boxes,
some boxes of pasta, whatever, and all these boxes, praying
that one box would make it through to his family
and would not be absorbed by somebody in customs or
mislaid somehow. And he was shipping it to them because
they had money to buy food, but there was just
no food available at that particular time. And it was
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many years ago, so we were talking about like food
shortages and like it was and distribution techniques and systems,
and so he made it just absolutely fascinating because he
brought in canned hams and set them on the counter
in front of us and we're like, wait, what are
you doing?
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Right, so toal they got our attention. It made it
very real, right exactly. So you can make history real
for people, it's amazing. And when you don't, when you
leave some of that history out, it leaves certain segments
of our society out in the cold without knowing how
history affected them. And that's another thing that the Spady
Museum does is fill in some of those gaps where
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that history is being left out, because that's it's important
to be able to see yourself in history as it
was create good or bad. You've got to be able
to see yourself because you can't learn unless you know
well exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
And I was like, you know, the more you know
the knowledge is power, empower empowers everybody exactly. So share
the knowledge absolutely, and I definitely commend you guys for
doing that. That's so cool. One of the other things
you have is the portrait of Ozzie Franklin young Blood. Yes,
so tell me about him.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Mister Oz Youngblood is a early pioneer of Delray Beach.
Born and raised in Delray Beach, and he went to
school during the period of time when schools for black
children only went up to the eighth grade. So mister
Youngblood had to leave and go to Florida A and
M Institute back then now it's Florida and University to
get his high school diploma and then go on to
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get his college degree. So we have photos of him
and his family and the documentation of the time period
on display in our cottage. That's another exhibit. Mister young
Blood was our first black city commissioner of Delray Beach.
He came back and used his skills to give back
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to the community and helped to advocate for the needs,
many different needs of black people in Delray Beach. And
we have all of that information up at the museum
to see and learn from.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Oh, I think that's fantastic and speaking of fun things,
learning things, but this is definitely a fun thing. Commemorating
your one hundred years and like a celebration. So tell
me about your juneteenth Spady House party.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Okay, So in honor of the Spady House turning one
hundred years old, we launched a campaign called The House
Still Stands, The Spading House Still Stands, and we asked
key supporters in the community to have house parties on
our behalf to raise funds for the museum, to help
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to mitigate some of the changes in funding that are
occurring in our nonprofit world, and to help us celebrate
one hundred years of an historic structure that has meant
so much to different generations in Delray Beach and some
of our best supporters Steven Laurie Martel, Bob and Susie Hayes,
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Larry and Nora Rosenswag and the Chamber of Commerce Delray
Beach Chamber of Commerce have stepped forward two host house
parties on our behalf and it's basically a party at
each person's home. They invite their friends, they invite us in,
we talk a little bit about the Spady Museum, we
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ask for their support, and then we have a great time.
We've had one house party so far. It was fabulous.
We all had a wonderful time, didn't want to leave,
but we definitely want to do it again. So on
June seventeenth, the Chamber of Commerce is hosting a house party,
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a June teeth house party on our behalf at the Chamber,
and we are so excited. We'll be there. We'll talk
a little bit about what June teenth means, what it is,
but we mostly just want to meet new friends, talk
about the Spady House and encourage financial support and other support.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Oh yeah, time or treasure, Yes, time or treasure. So
for those folks who want to be a sponsor, yes,
or maybe throw a house party on your behalf, how
do they do that?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
We would love it. Call me, call me ask for
Charlene five six' one two seventy nine eight eight eight,
three AND i would love to talk to you about
you hosting a house party on behalf of The Spady.
Museum we like to, party so we can make it
that it.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Does, yeah it makes it. Fun, Yes well it's kind
of like when you're in school and you play like
a computer game and it's an educational. Game, yes so
the kids are just having fun playing the. Game, yes
not quite realizing you, know, yes but it's definitely. FUN
i think it's, great a great way for folks to
come out and talk about yo a little bit about
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the museum with. YOU i just have a good, time,
yes and create that, network.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Have some, fun meet some people that you hadn't met,
before and you, know add to your, circle add to
the folks that you know you spend time. With at one,
time it was the idea was, coined party with a.
Purpose so that's what we're. Doing we're partying with a.
PURPOSE i like.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
That and for the listeners who may not really know
What june teenth, is can we get a little history
lesson on?
Speaker 3 (22:38):
That absolutely. So june, nineteenth eighteen sixty Five union soldiers
landed In, Galveston texas and reread The Emancipation proclamation and
facilitated the release of the people who were still enslaved
at that time in galves In. Texas there was a.
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Movement it took about ten years to turn that date
into a national holiday to commemorate emancipation from slavery in THE,
us and that is the holiday that we celebrate On june. Nineteenth,
however it must be said that those Same union troops
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arrived In florida Before june. Nineteenth they arrived In florida
actually On may twentieth and did the same. Thing So
Florida's Emancipation day Is may. Twentieth, however we celebrate on
a national level On june. Nineteenth but The Spady museum
has what we Call Emancipation. Season so we had an
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event to honor Our may Twentieth Emancipation, day and we
continue to reflect on emancipation all the way Through june.
Twentieth call It Emancipation. SEASON i like. That and a
really fun thing happened this year a partner with a
friend of. Mine i've known her for. YEARS i love.
Her her name Is Sharon. Coscoff she is a public.
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Artist she came in and created a outdoor exhibit in
one of our crape myrtle trees in front of the,
museum and it is Called New beginnings and it is
a tree that has an orange blossoms they. Made she
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made paper mache or tape mache orange, blossoms and guests
at Our may twentieth event put emancipation messages. Inside they
reflected on what it means to be, free to be,
Emancipated and these oranges were hung on our tree in
our front, yard along with some beautiful orange. Lights and
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so we hope that everyone who is listening to me
can at least drive by The spady museum and see
our New Beginning's, tree which celebrates a new future for
all of us together making.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
History that's the together. THING i love. That, yes how
do people volunteer to work at this? Baby give me a?
CALL i can help you, well BECAUSE i know STUDENTS
i like right now, summer but the students are always
looking for those fun service hours that they do throughout the,
year the service fun.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Things and we have lots of projects going on, on
many of them educational. Programs we do lunch and learns
and both in person and, virtually and we have youth
events and our cottage and in our backyard we host
people all the. Time so there's lots to. Do and
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if you are interested in, volunteering give us a. Call
let us know what you like to, do and we
will pair you up with those opportunities and you can
volunteer as little or as much as you would like.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
TO i think that's. Fantastic, yeah and you guys, also
like you, said there's walking, tours there's the bus.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Tours, yes there's museum exhibit, tours commemoration, events all kinds
of lectures and, talks and all kinds of programs and
projects that we dream weave all day. Long there's always
something to. Do we have our archives and our collections
where we're organizing things and data. ENTRY i mean there's
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always something to.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Do oh very. Cool and of course one of the
other things you have is you have your. Marketplace, yes
so what can people find in the. Marketplace so we
are building our museum. Store it's taking us a, minute
but we're getting, there and we are creating, fun unique
gifts and items for people to. Purchase T shirts that
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talk either about emancipation or black, history, mugs, cups, hats,
jewelry every little thing that you can think of that
you might want that is reflective Of american history In.
Florida we are building our store and we would we
were very soon getting ready to put it online so
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that you can shop from wherever you. Are but it's
not quite there. Yet so come by and see, us
and you can see all the merchandise that we, have
and then we will keep in touch with you and
as soon as we get it, online you can shop
to your heart's. CONTENT i love. It so for artisans
who create these kind of, things would they reach out to, You.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
They would reach out to, us and we can certainly
sit down and talk, about you, know a relationship where
we can feature some of the beautiful arts that our
artisans make that can be put on you, know merchandise and. Sold.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Well, YEAH i think it was you made The gulla
basket several years.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Ago, YEAH i was so. Gorgeous, Yes, yes we love
to bring in artists who have those specialized, skills especially
cultural skills like basket sewing in the tradition of the,
gollageechee and so we bring them. Down they teach us
how to make something and then you, know we get
our community to continue that craft and then we have
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enough merchandise that we can offer to. Others so we're
going to keep doing. That we've done it with, Beating
we've done it with, upcycling, clothing, sewing. Quilting we're going
to keep doing.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
That, OH i think it's. Fantastic so, again before we,
go let's get the hours and all the good stuff
for folks and how they can be a.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Sponsor so the museum is Open tuesday Through, saturday eleven to.
Four to find out anything that's going on with, us
visit our website www Dot Spady museum dot com and as,
always you can give us a call five six' one
two seventy nine eight eight. Eight three we are grateful
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to our supporters and, our SPONSORS but i do want
to give a special shout out To The cultural Council Of.
Pombeche County The cultural council has been in our corner since.
Day one they are a fabulous group of people to
work with and their support is second. To none we
are also greatly supported By the City Of delray beach
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And The Community. Redevelopment agency they are the best partners
you could. Ever Have the City Of delray beach is
the best place you can. Ever live and we are
just thankful to those who have Supported This spady museum
over the years and who would like to support us
over the next one. Hundred years So.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
The Delry beach chambers Hosting A Juneteenth Spady house party
on your Behalf, On tuesday. June seventeenth but you guys
are actually doing an Event on, june Nineteenth actual juneteenth
At the spady. As, Well yes so what?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
That is it's actually a, four day five day workshop
Starts on, June Fifteenth, father's day and it is a
workshop where students can and come in and learn about,
ndncra symbols which Are an. African concept they're visual symbols that,
usually symbolize, you know proverbs or concepts. Or aphorisms they're calling,
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dncra symbols but they have been used in many different
contexts all over, the world including Branding like. Dixie Cups
the dixie cup logo is an endanker symbol and you
know the tic tac toe grid is an, endancra, Symbol
right so they have been used extensively throughout. Our culture
so that we were going to host a workshop we're
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going to teach about. Ndancer symbols It starts june fifteenth
and it runs from the fifteenth to. The nineteenth on,
the nineteenth the artwork that is done in the workshop
will be revealed At The spading museum and it will
be an. Outdoor exhibit so we want everyone to come
By the Spady on june nineteenth during museum hours eleven
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to four to see Our and dinkra exhibition that will
be revealed at, that time and also to See The
new beginnings tree And the waterworks. Distillation exhibation so we've
got a lot going On on, june nineteenth and everything
is free it's an open house. That day we hope
everyone will come. Join, us oh, thank YOU well.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I went thank you for coming in and talking with,
us today sharing all the cool information, definitely needed very
much appreciated in, the community and don't forget if you need,
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Net, Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of great things going on. Got a reminder
from Saint Lucie County. They're doing a really cool adaptive
swim program this summer at the Lakewood Park Pool and
it's going on now through July eleventh on Fridays. Reach
out to them seven seven two for six two thirty
(00:29):
seven seventy two and they can give you all the
details on how to register and all the different programs
are offering with that. Speaking of fun things to do,
Cravis Center, all kinds of great things going on there.
Even though it's summertime, they continue to offer things for
us I, which is awesome. Coming up Friday, June twentieth,
seven pm it is Ralph Barbosa and Rene Vaka with
(00:50):
a Butterfly Effect Tour. So that's going to be a
fun one. Find out a comedy for folks we use
we can all use a good laugh right about now.
And then coming up June twenty fourth, through the twenty ninth,
big summer musical for us, Ain't Too Proud, The Life
and Times of the Temptations. So that's going to be
a wonderful show. Lots of great motown in that one.
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Definitely want to check that one out. And they also
have coming up on Friday and Saturday, June twenty seventh
and the twenty eighth at the Craviscenter at the Palm
Beach Improv which is now at the Craviscenter. They're presenting
Jeff die so he's going to be there. Great show.
For more details, go to Cravis dot org, Kravis dot org,
(01:31):
or you can call the box office five six, one, eight,
three to two show and they've got all the details
for you. And we talked with Elizabeth last week. Palm
Beach Shakespeare Festivals coming again this summer and they are
doing a Winter's Tale and of course it's going to
be happening at the Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlon Park and Jupiter.
It's going to be Thursday through Sunday, July tenth through
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the thirteenth, and then seventeenth through the twentieth. Free admission,
but there is a suggestive five dollars dognation. If you
can do that, they would appreciate it. You can go
to pebe Shakespeare dot org for more details on that
and follow them live on social media because she'll do
live weather reports the night of the different events. So
I think it's really fun. A reminder also, Saint Loucie
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County Reckon Role is offering archery programs this year, so
the recond roll goes to the different recreational playground areas
during the summer for the communities. It's designed for ages
ten to seventeen and they have a bunch of different
programs they do and they're adding archery in on one
of the days now, so I think it's gonna be fun.
I believe that's so. Yeah, Wednesdays at the Longwood Tennis Court,
it's gonna be an archery day. So lots of good
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stuff happening with that. And also reminder, Saint Loucie County
is hosting the nighttime Sea Turtle Walks, so coming up
on the Wednesday, the eighteenth and the twenty fifth for June.
There's two classes. They're educational, they're free. You do need
to sign up ahead of time because it's a limited
size because we don't want to disturb the turtles while
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we're doing where they're doing their thing. Give Erika call
seven to seven two four six two seventeen ninety one
and you can give all the details on that one to you.
And of course there's still some time to register for
some of the summer camps happening at Oxbow Eco Center.
So they've got Oxpo Artchery, so it's art and archery.
So the archery is really popular this summer. They've caught
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onto that and that was good for grades nine to twelve,
so you can do that. They've got Preserve Pials where
it's like more like environmental consciousness and preserving things, hands
on stuff. With that, you can go to oxpoeco dot
com to see all the different programs and all the
regular exhibitions they have going on a reminder of the
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Cultural Council. Lots of cool things happening this month. On
June eighteenth, it is a sunset tour at the Jupiter
Inlet Lighthouse, so it's a really cool thing. You climb
up and you see the sunset, just amazing. Friends of
mine did that and that's how we propose as a
very very sweet also Pride Month help course happening all
month long, and Historical Society Pommeach County's got a nice
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exhibition happening for that rumors playing Neil Simon's play happening
at the FAU Theater Lab now through June twenty eighth.
And like I said, eight too proud coming to the
Cravis Women of You motto that's the more common museum
in Japanese gardens. That exhibition is going on now through
August twenty fourth. Also happening at the more common museum.
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Of course, today's Father's Day, so happy Father's Day. Dad
gets in free, so head on over to the gardens.
It's a fun thing and then cars. Okayally, nature centers
always doing lots of fun things. This one is an
evening one. It's called the Family Owl prow As, so
you see all the nocturnal animals. It starts at seven
point thirty. It is June seventeenth, good for all ages.
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It is five dollars per person. You do need to
make reservations so they have enough naturalists on hand for
the whole group or in teering. Fine, that one's coming
up June twenty fifth, So that was good for ages
eight and up. So if they like to do the
little compass or their GPS on their phone figure out
where they are. It's a fun class to take. For
more details, you can always go to Pbcparks dot com
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and they have all the details listed right there for you.
As speaking of outside gardens, Mounts dot Org Mounts Botanical Garden.
Lots of great things happening there. But the fun things
this summer, they've got like little scavenger hunts and treks,
and they've got an app that you can download on
your phone and do like a virtual tour of the garden.
While you're there, somebody's chatting with you. They have the
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fish feeding and turtle feeding events. They are also offering
sensory backpacks for guests that need those. They've got great
different exhibitions and things happening. There's watercolors for beginners, yoga, meditation,
like the sound bass. They do dog days. It's a
lot of fun. Some they go to Mounts dot org
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and all the different programs are listed right there on
the website for you. Speaking of outside fun as well,
Saint Lucie County Hikes does really cool hikes in the
different preserves. So Friday, June twentieth from eight thirty to
ten thirty am. This one's called Where the Water Goes
and it's a walk at the Ancient Oaks Preserve, talk
about improving water quality and how we can preserve that. Saturday,
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June twentieth from eight to nine thirty am. This one's
the Top Secret Hike happening at Donald B. Moore Preserves.
And if you wonder what the hikes about, to get
your answer, you got to come out and join them.
It's a cute one. I like this idea. And then
of course on Wednesday, June eighteenth, they're opening up a
new preserve for folks to do the eco tours in,
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so this one you can come out and explore the
trails of the Pristine Pinelands Preserve as through the Environmental
Resources Division, they're going to be there helping everybody as
a really cool new program. And it's on June eighteenth
from eight thirty to eleven thirty am. And to find
out about all these different hikes, simply go to SLC
Hikes dot org SLC hik e s dot org and
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they're happy all the details on that. It's a lot
of fun. Speaking of fun, the Norton Museum of Art.
They want everybody to come this summer and say hi,
check out all the wonderful exhibitions. So they got a
really cool donation and so now they are offering free
Saturday ad mission for all Palm Beach County residents during
the entire summer, brought to you by the generosity the Anna,
Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation. Additionally, the City of West
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Pump Beach residence receive freed mission on Saturday's year round,
so I found that out as well. Caul. You can
go to the Norton dot org for all the details,
or you can give Scott a call five six one
eight three two five one nine six Extension eleven thirty
six and he can fill you in all cool things
they are doing. So they have lots of fun things happening.
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Speaking of cool fun things, I want to welcome my
guests for today. I have Charlene Farrington, museum director for
the Spady Culture Museum in Delray Beach. Good morning, Good morning,
Hi deb Hi everyone. Good So glad you could come in.
We haven't time had you in a while. I want
to catch up and see how things are going. So
one hundred years at the Spading.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
The Spading House will be one hundred years old in
twenty twenty six, so that is at a milestone for
a structure that was built in the traditionally black area
of Delray Beach. We're very proud of it and we're
going to celebrate. We already started celebrating.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Actually, and you should be. It's like a friend of
mine lives in Baltimore now and she's recently had to
do some repairs in her house. It's make the eighteen hundreds,
and I was like, they built them. Well, sorry, yes,
you might have to invest, you know, forty thousand dollars
in repairs, but it's gonna be there for your grandkits
and it's going to continue.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And not only that, but those old homes have so
many stories to tell, so much history, so much information
and just information about the natural environment and resources. So
built environment, especially the older homes, are very important for
our communities. Oh absolutely.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
And I'm always amazed at like what they used, like
because the materials they have right, and some of us,
our newer, fancier materials aren't as effective as there's were.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Absolutely not. They were very creative in the materials they
used and those materials thankfully have lasted for years. So yeah,
we love the preservation of those historic structures. When it
can happen, Oh, absolutely can always happen. But when it can,
we're all for it.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
I agree. Well, growing up in Pennsylvania there were Stonemasons
and they would take these stones and like they should
be pous of them, right, And they had the visual
acuity to like basically make their own little tetris thing
for the wall and put their little spackle thing in.
Those houses have been there, I don't a couple hundred
years at least. It's amazing beautiful. Oh, definitely beautiful to see.
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So for folks who don't know, tell me what's the
history of the Spading Museum.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
So, the Spady Museum is a Black history museum and
cultural center. It is housed in the home that once
belonged to Solomon Spady. Mister Spady and his wife Jesse
built that home and they finished it back in nineteen
twenty six. It's a two storage structure. It's a Mission
Revival style architecture and the Spady Museum moved into it
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in two thousand and one. We run a Black history
museum which includes exhibits and museum programming, things like lecturers
and youth programming, tours, walking and bus tours, as well
as commemorative events. And we do all of this in
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honor of the legacy of mister Spady, who believed in
educating the heart and the hands as well as the mind.
So everything that we do is designed to educate our
heart and our hands. And we love what we do.
We've been doing it since two thousand and one and
we want to do it at least another one hundred years.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Well I want you too as well. That's fantastic and
I think it's so cool because you make history available
for everybody. Yes, are they can to understand it?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
And I wan't say black history because I think it's history.
It's American history. American history absolutely, so it's just a
component of it that I think sometimes is omitted an
area I send people this is how you can find out.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Exactly, and we believe in bringing people together around that history.
Much of what we talk about has its roots in
things that we already know. Hopefully, we got a basic
rudimentary education in American history when we were in school,
so when you come visit us, we pick up from
where school left off and we fill in some of
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the blanks, some of the gaps, and we continue that
discussion about American history and what happened to all of
us in our beloved country and how we're going to
use that information going forward. Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Absolutely. I was talking with Elizabeth last week, so I
had gone to the lighthouse. Did you for lighthouse? And
they've got their museum there.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Well.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I never realized that Fort Lauderdale was Fort Lauderdale because
it was originally a Ford.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yes, And she was.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Like, Dove, I'm like, I didn't grow up here. I
wouldn't know unless you go to a museum or for
some reason you some friend of yours mentions that exactly.
So I think it's cool because you're our friends. Are
gonna tellus about all the fun things that we need
to know, and maybe some difficult topics, but good people
can talk about the topics exactly and grow together from
it exactly. Difficult solutions that are good for everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Those difficult topics are the opportunities for education. Those are
the opportunities for us to really get a different perspective
and understand what happened and what's happening now. So we
should not shy away from the difficult topics. I would agree.
And I actually read somewhere that there was a doctor
that was talking to parents like, because sometimes you have
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to have conversations with your kids that are you know,
you're uncomfortable, right, And he was like, talk about it
in the car because you're driving, you're doing your thing.
So it's just a casual like, oh, did you know
so and so right or this thing is happening, and
have any questions about that? And so there's no pressure,
you know, you're not staring them down over the coffee
coffee in the morning. And it was just like, thus,
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of all, they can't run away.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
I hadn't thought about that part of it. Clearly, you've
dealt with the kids. Oh, yes, I've been there. I've
been there today. So what hours does this Spady open
and where's it located? So?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
The Spady Museum is in beautiful downtown Delray Beach. Our
address is one seven zero Northwest Fifth Avenue, and we
are open Tuesday through Saturday, eleven to four. We are
closed on most major holidays. However, if there is another
day or another time that you would like to come
see us, we are always flexible and we live nearby,
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and we can accommodate most time frames, especially if you
have a large group that you'd like to bring through,
we can accommodate you.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
That's good. So is every way to reach out to us.
A phone number, website bet.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Five six one two seven nine eight eight eight three.
That's our phone number, or if you'd like to email us,
email us at info at Spadymuseum dot org.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Very cool. So and of course Ozzie's Museum a cultural center,
so as a museum has some really cool exhibitions happening.
So tell me about what is water Works Distillations, because
that's going on now through September twenty first.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
It is, and it is an exhibition that delves into
the relationship that South Floridians have with water. It's a
very straightforward and basic relationship, but in some cases, with
some parts of our culture, it can be a very
emotional or complicated relationship with water. I'm referring to things
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like the Middle Passage, or I'm referring to things like
the hurricane of nineteen twenty eight that devastated people along
the along the shores of Lake Okachobee. Living in South Florida.
We are very used to bad weather, hurricanes and tornadoes
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and lightning, and so we have a very complicated history
with water, and that's what the exhibit explores. We have
some historical information on the walls. We have some beautiful
artwork done by an artist out of Miami named Frank
sinnonin as he explores his relationships with water. And then
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there are some pieces of ephemeral like some postcards from
the Bahamas. We have some seashells on loan from the
sand Away Discovery Center, one of our great partners. Sand
Away Discovery Center, by the way, has the second largest
seashell collection in the state of Florida. Say that five
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times fast. And so we have a couple of representatives
of some of those seashells there. But more importantly, we
have oral stories of people who are recalling their experiences
experiences with water. Because really, in the end, at the
end of the day, is about what happened to people,
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and so we want to hear from people. We like
to have people tell us their stories.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Oh. Absolutely, that's the.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Most important and fascinating part of history.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
I would agree. I had one instructor in college, and
like he was talking about economics and finding things and whatever.
And one day he comes in. It's like a big
generic social studies class that you kind of had to
have one of its prerequisites. So we come in and he's
got big and small cans, canned hams m h like
that you opened with a little metal key, right, And
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we're like, what kind of classes this.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Going on to today today?
Speaker 2 (16:37):
And he's like, oh, I'm so sorry. He's like, you know,
I just need to do this while we're talking, because
I got to get it to the post office at
a certain time to get it shipped out. He had
family in Poland that had money, but there was no
food available for them to buy with their money. So
he was shipping and he had all he probably had
like ten different boxes, and he's putting different sized hams
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and cans and some other canned items in these boxes,
some boxes of pasta, whatever, and all these boxes, praying
that one box would make it through to his family
and would not be absorbed by somebody in customs or
mislaid somehow. And he was shipping it to them because
they had money to buy food, but there was just
no food available at that particular time. And it was
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many years ago, so we were talking about like food
shortages and like it was and distribution techniques and systems,
and so he made it just absolutely fascinating because he
brought in canned hams and set them on the counter
in front of us and we're like, wait, what are
you doing?
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Right, so toal they got our attention. It made it
very real, right exactly. So you can make history real
for people, it's amazing. And when you don't, when you
leave some of that history out, it leaves certain segments
of our society out in the cold without knowing how
history affected them. And that's another thing that the Spady
Museum does is fill in some of those gaps where
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that history is being left out, because that's it's important
to be able to see yourself in history as it
was create good or bad. You've got to be able
to see yourself because you can't learn unless you know
well exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
And I was like, you know, the more you know
the knowledge is power, empower empowers everybody exactly. So share
the knowledge absolutely, and I definitely commend you guys for
doing that. That's so cool. One of the other things
you have is the portrait of Ozzie Franklin young Blood. Yes,
so tell me about him.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Mister Oz Youngblood is a early pioneer of Delray Beach.
Born and raised in Delray Beach, and he went to
school during the period of time when schools for black
children only went up to the eighth grade. So mister
Youngblood had to leave and go to Florida A and
M Institute back then now it's Florida and University to
get his high school diploma and then go on to
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get his college degree. So we have photos of him
and his family and the documentation of the time period
on display in our cottage. That's another exhibit. Mister young
Blood was our first black city commissioner of Delray Beach.
He came back and used his skills to give back
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to the community and helped to advocate for the needs,
many different needs of black people in Delray Beach. And
we have all of that information up at the museum
to see and learn from.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Oh, I think that's fantastic and speaking of fun things,
learning things, but this is definitely a fun thing. Commemorating
your one hundred years and like a celebration. So tell
me about your juneteenth Spady House party.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Okay, So in honor of the Spady House turning one
hundred years old, we launched a campaign called The House
Still Stands, The Spading House Still Stands, and we asked
key supporters in the community to have house parties on
our behalf to raise funds for the museum, to help
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to mitigate some of the changes in funding that are
occurring in our nonprofit world, and to help us celebrate
one hundred years of an historic structure that has meant
so much to different generations in Delray Beach and some
of our best supporters Steven Laurie Martel, Bob and Susie Hayes,
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Larry and Nora Rosenswag and the Chamber of Commerce Delray
Beach Chamber of Commerce have stepped forward two host house
parties on our behalf and it's basically a party at
each person's home. They invite their friends, they invite us in,
we talk a little bit about the Spady Museum, we
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ask for their support, and then we have a great time.
We've had one house party so far. It was fabulous.
We all had a wonderful time, didn't want to leave,
but we definitely want to do it again. So on
June seventeenth, the Chamber of Commerce is hosting a house party,
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a June teeth house party on our behalf at the Chamber,
and we are so excited. We'll be there. We'll talk
a little bit about what June teenth means, what it is,
but we mostly just want to meet new friends, talk
about the Spady House and encourage financial support and other support.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Oh yeah, time or treasure, Yes, time or treasure. So
for those folks who want to be a sponsor, yes,
or maybe throw a house party on your behalf, how
do they do that?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
We would love it. Call me, call me ask for
Charlene five six' one two seventy nine eight eight eight,
three AND i would love to talk to you about
you hosting a house party on behalf of The Spady.
Museum we like to, party so we can make it
that it.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Does, yeah it makes it. Fun, Yes well it's kind
of like when you're in school and you play like
a computer game and it's an educational. Game, yes so
the kids are just having fun playing the. Game, yes
not quite realizing you, know, yes but it's definitely. FUN
i think it's, great a great way for folks to
come out and talk about yo a little bit about
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the museum with. YOU i just have a good, time,
yes and create that, network.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Have some, fun meet some people that you hadn't met,
before and you, know add to your, circle add to
the folks that you know you spend time. With at one,
time it was the idea was, coined party with a.
Purpose so that's what we're. Doing we're partying with a.
PURPOSE i like.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
That and for the listeners who may not really know
What june teenth, is can we get a little history
lesson on?
Speaker 3 (22:38):
That absolutely. So june, nineteenth eighteen sixty Five union soldiers
landed In, Galveston texas and reread The Emancipation proclamation and
facilitated the release of the people who were still enslaved
at that time in galves In. Texas there was a.
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Movement it took about ten years to turn that date
into a national holiday to commemorate emancipation from slavery in THE,
us and that is the holiday that we celebrate On june. Nineteenth,
however it must be said that those Same union troops
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arrived In florida Before june. Nineteenth they arrived In florida
actually On may twentieth and did the same. Thing So
Florida's Emancipation day Is may. Twentieth, however we celebrate on
a national level On june. Nineteenth but The Spady museum
has what we Call Emancipation. Season so we had an
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event to honor Our may Twentieth Emancipation, day and we
continue to reflect on emancipation all the way Through june.
Twentieth call It Emancipation. SEASON i like. That and a
really fun thing happened this year a partner with a
friend of. Mine i've known her for. YEARS i love.
Her her name Is Sharon. Coscoff she is a public.
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Artist she came in and created a outdoor exhibit in
one of our crape myrtle trees in front of the,
museum and it is Called New beginnings and it is
a tree that has an orange blossoms they. Made she
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made paper mache or tape mache orange, blossoms and guests
at Our may twentieth event put emancipation messages. Inside they
reflected on what it means to be, free to be,
Emancipated and these oranges were hung on our tree in
our front, yard along with some beautiful orange. Lights and
(24:59):
so we hope that everyone who is listening to me
can at least drive by The spady museum and see
our New Beginning's, tree which celebrates a new future for
all of us together making.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
History that's the together. THING i love. That, yes how
do people volunteer to work at this? Baby give me a?
CALL i can help you, well BECAUSE i know STUDENTS
i like right now, summer but the students are always
looking for those fun service hours that they do throughout the,
year the service fun.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Things and we have lots of projects going on, on
many of them educational. Programs we do lunch and learns
and both in person and, virtually and we have youth
events and our cottage and in our backyard we host
people all the. Time so there's lots to. Do and
(25:56):
if you are interested in, volunteering give us a. Call
let us know what you like to, do and we
will pair you up with those opportunities and you can
volunteer as little or as much as you would like.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
TO i think that's. Fantastic, yeah and you guys, also
like you, said there's walking, tours there's the bus.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Tours, yes there's museum exhibit, tours commemoration, events all kinds
of lectures and, talks and all kinds of programs and
projects that we dream weave all day. Long there's always
something to. Do we have our archives and our collections
where we're organizing things and data. ENTRY i mean there's
(26:35):
always something to.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Do oh very. Cool and of course one of the
other things you have is you have your. Marketplace, yes
so what can people find in the. Marketplace so we
are building our museum. Store it's taking us a, minute
but we're getting, there and we are creating, fun unique
gifts and items for people to. Purchase T shirts that
(26:57):
talk either about emancipation or black, history, mugs, cups, hats,
jewelry every little thing that you can think of that
you might want that is reflective Of american history In.
Florida we are building our store and we would we
were very soon getting ready to put it online so
(27:19):
that you can shop from wherever you. Are but it's
not quite there. Yet so come by and see, us
and you can see all the merchandise that we, have
and then we will keep in touch with you and
as soon as we get it, online you can shop
to your heart's. CONTENT i love. It so for artisans
who create these kind of, things would they reach out to, You.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
They would reach out to, us and we can certainly
sit down and talk, about you, know a relationship where
we can feature some of the beautiful arts that our
artisans make that can be put on you, know merchandise and. Sold.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Well, YEAH i think it was you made The gulla
basket several years.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Ago, YEAH i was so. Gorgeous, Yes, yes we love
to bring in artists who have those specialized, skills especially
cultural skills like basket sewing in the tradition of the,
gollageechee and so we bring them. Down they teach us
how to make something and then you, know we get
our community to continue that craft and then we have
(28:16):
enough merchandise that we can offer to. Others so we're
going to keep doing. That we've done it with, Beating
we've done it with, upcycling, clothing, sewing. Quilting we're going
to keep doing.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
That, OH i think it's. Fantastic so, again before we,
go let's get the hours and all the good stuff
for folks and how they can be a.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Sponsor so the museum is Open tuesday Through, saturday eleven to.
Four to find out anything that's going on with, us
visit our website www Dot Spady museum dot com and as,
always you can give us a call five six' one
two seventy nine eight eight. Eight three we are grateful
(28:57):
to our supporters and, our SPONSORS but i do want
to give a special shout out To The cultural Council Of.
Pombeche County The cultural council has been in our corner since.
Day one they are a fabulous group of people to
work with and their support is second. To none we
are also greatly supported By the City Of delray beach
(29:19):
And The Community. Redevelopment agency they are the best partners
you could. Ever Have the City Of delray beach is
the best place you can. Ever live and we are
just thankful to those who have Supported This spady museum
over the years and who would like to support us
over the next one. Hundred years So.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
The Delry beach chambers Hosting A Juneteenth Spady house party
on your Behalf, On tuesday. June seventeenth but you guys
are actually doing an Event on, june Nineteenth actual juneteenth
At the spady. As, Well yes so what?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
That is it's actually a, four day five day workshop
Starts on, June Fifteenth, father's day and it is a
workshop where students can and come in and learn about,
ndncra symbols which Are an. African concept they're visual symbols that,
usually symbolize, you know proverbs or concepts. Or aphorisms they're calling,
(30:15):
dncra symbols but they have been used in many different
contexts all over, the world including Branding like. Dixie Cups
the dixie cup logo is an endanker symbol and you
know the tic tac toe grid is an, endancra, Symbol
right so they have been used extensively throughout. Our culture
so that we were going to host a workshop we're
(30:36):
going to teach about. Ndancer symbols It starts june fifteenth
and it runs from the fifteenth to. The nineteenth on,
the nineteenth the artwork that is done in the workshop
will be revealed At The spading museum and it will
be an. Outdoor exhibit so we want everyone to come
By the Spady on june nineteenth during museum hours eleven
(30:57):
to four to see Our and dinkra exhibition that will
be revealed at, that time and also to See The
new beginnings tree And the waterworks. Distillation exhibation so we've
got a lot going On on, june nineteenth and everything
is free it's an open house. That day we hope
everyone will come. Join, us oh, thank YOU well.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
I went thank you for coming in and talking with,
us today sharing all the cool information, definitely needed very
much appreciated in, the community and don't forget if you need,
more information you can always reach out To Me Palm
beach Perspective at iHeartMedia. Dot com happy to forward on
the details and you can always download the shows a
podcast On our. iHeartRadio app hope everybody has a. Wonderful
weekend I'm dev nev and this has been. My perspective
(31:43):
remember life, is good so be your healthiest you and
let's get out there and. Live it until, Next Week.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Jelly, iHeart communities the community engagement arm of, the station
champions critical issues and causes in the area of health,
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