You remember the feeling. Wednesday was the first true day of summer vacation for the high school seniors at the Syracuse Academy of Science. Their graduation was held that night at Onondaga Community College, but they had basically spent 13 years of their young lives — going back to their first day of kindergarten — earning the right to sleep late that morning.
Instead, shortly after 8 a.m., Ibrahim Abdul-Qadir and three of his classmates were at Loguen Park on East Genesee Street. They were a central part of the unveiling of an historical marker they helped create that honors the Rev. Jermain Loguen, an abolitionist legend.
Still, as they realize now — considering the magnitude of all that Loguen and his wife Caroline achieved — maybe not quite legend enough…