TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – A Tallahassee historian who founded a museum and created a statewide network to preserve African American history has received the nation’s highest historic preservation award.
As the United States celebrates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, WCTV and its parent company, Gray Media, are taking a moment to celebrate our local history. Our “We The People” series commemorates and honors local history in the Big Bend and South Georgia.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded Althemese Barnes the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award for her decades of work in establishing preservation efforts that have become a model for museums across the country…