One year after her death, the scale of Morrison’s personal achievement and cultural impact is still being calibrated.
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Nyack Sketch Log: Where is Hezekiah Easter Park?
This week, Nyack Sketch Log gives directions to Hezekiah Easter Park, where the life of John Lewis will be celebrated today, July 28 from 5 – 7p. Please wear a mask and practice social distance.
Nyack Sketch Log: John Lewis 1940 – 2020 Resting in Peace and Power
by Bill Batson
The light of a life lived to its fullest is never extinguished. From February 21, 1940 until July 17, 2020, Congressman John Lewis dedicated virtually every step he took to the moral advancement of the United States. At our darkest hours, he march into the most perilous places, armed only with the philosophy of nonviolence and a fierce determination to make America honor the creeds enshrined in our founding documents. In death, the legacy of John Lewis becomes one of our nation’s brightest beacons of hope.
Nyack Sketch Log: Douglass Statue Casualty in Cold Civil War?
by Bill Batson On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who would become one of the most powerful public figures in 19th century America, gave his most memorable speech in Rochester, New York, […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Indomitable Empire Hook & Ladder Company Number 1
Throughout a pandemic that shuttered the American economy and transformed the world, our first responders have continued to answer our calls. This week’s Sketch Log honors Rockland County’s 100% volunteer fire department. Empire Hook & Ladder Company Number 1 of Upper Nyack embodies that volunteer tradition of sacrifice and selflessness.
Nyack Sketch Log: New Memoir Brings Historic Jazz Club Back to Life
by Bill Batson For a brief beat, one of the brightest spots in the jazz universe was a nightclub in Nyack. The Office was located in the storefront that is now home to the Olde […]
Nyack Sketch Log: Black Lives Matter Culture
In Nyack, Main Street is emblazoned with the colors of the African American flag and the proclamation, Black Lives Matter. The officially sanctioned piece of street art is a larger-than-life caption for the daily demonstrations that have been taking place in Veteran’s Park since the May 25th murder of George Floyd by a uniformed officer of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Nyack Sketch Log: Harrington Press
Even in this digital age, people who need to reach the local masses with a message continue to flock to this neighborhood print shop.
Nyack Sketch Log: Class of 2020 Reflects
If our health care system was the sector most upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, our educational systems have been a close second. For students in the Nyack School District, classrooms moved from the schoolhouse to the cloud; rites of passage, like proms and graduations, were ruined and the economy they will enter has ground to a halt.
Nyack Sketch Log: 400 Years of George Floyds
During a rally of more than 1,000 residents of all races and ages held on June 1 outside the Nyack Center, the crowd took a silent knee for 9 minutes. They were rounding up by 14 seconds the time that Minneapolis, Minnesota Police Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on the neck of an unarmed, handcuffed George Floyd, ultimately killing him.