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City of St Petersburg Florida - Honoring Black History Month with Dr Carter G Woodson Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall 31 January 2024 ( news )
City of St Petersburg , state Florida ( By Press Release office)
Jan 31,2024
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Honoring and Celebrating Black History Month with Dr . Carter G . Woodson Flag Raising Ceremony at St . Petersburg City Hall
Jan . 31 , 2024– St . Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T . Welch , along with city leaders and community members , will raise the Dr . Carter G . Woodson flag outside City Hall to mark the start of Black History Month . The ceremony will take place on Thursday , February 1 , at 10 a . m . outside St . Petersburg City Hall ( 175 5th St . N ) . All are welcome .
Remarks will be offered by Mayor Welch , City Council Chair Deborah Figgs - Sanders , and Terri Lipsey Scott , Executive Director of the Woodson African American Museum of Florida .
The Dr . Carter G . Woodson flag honors the life and legacy of Dr . Woodson , who is known as the Father of Black History Month . Dr . Woodson proposed and launched the annual February observance of “Negro History Week , ” which became “Black History Month” 50 years later . It is said that he chose February for the observance because February 12th was Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and February 14th was the accepted birthday of Frederick Douglass .
The tradition of raising this flag at City Hall began in 2016 . The Woodson African American Museum of Florida is located at 2240 9th Ave . S in St . Petersburg . Visit
www . woodsonmuseum . org
for more information .
The annual flag raising ceremony is open to the public:
WHAT
: Flag Raising for Black History Month
WHEN
: Thursday , February 1 , 10:00 a . m .
WHERE
: St . Petersburg City Hall , 175 5th St . N
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