The Downtown Ft Myers field trip was much more interesting than I expected. I knew about Edison moving down here, but I thought it was just because he was an early snowbird. I've only lived here for a few years but I've walked around the downtown area quite a bit, but I never noticed anything with any historical significance until this field trip. The story about the young boy that was lynched was new to me, and just like Dr. Morris said, not a single white person I told had heard that story. As an aside -When I went to artwalk last week with a black friend of mine, we went inside the art gallery only to leave shortly after my friend's hand was slapped away from the donation vase as he was attempting to make a donation.
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