My friend, ron (and that is, of course, lowercase ron, the photographer and blogger) found this when he was down by the Bicentennial Tower, walking with his daughter.
A bit of history: Erie PA observed its bicentennial in 1995. At the time, I was in a relationship. So, I had 2 bricks: one for us, and one for the community.
My dad died of ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig's disease) that year. He was estranged from the family, but my mom and I spent a fair amount of time with him at the end. Dad was born on July 12, 1940, and died on July 9, 1995. Mom had his name on the top line of the brick and the dates (7/12/1940-7/9/1995) on the bottom. There was a limit of how many characters, and Mom noted that if he had lived for another day, we would have been SOL on getting the dates in.
I see that the brick next to Erie Lesbigay community begins with ABB. I wonder if that was for Abby B Conley, who was on the Bicentennial committee and was incredibly helpful to our community. Abby is cool! Read the article about Abby's bravery and decency during the 1995 Bicentennial Parade here. The photos from that are here.
A bit of history: Erie PA observed its bicentennial in 1995. At the time, I was in a relationship. So, I had 2 bricks: one for us, and one for the community.
My dad died of ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig's disease) that year. He was estranged from the family, but my mom and I spent a fair amount of time with him at the end. Dad was born on July 12, 1940, and died on July 9, 1995. Mom had his name on the top line of the brick and the dates (7/12/1940-7/9/1995) on the bottom. There was a limit of how many characters, and Mom noted that if he had lived for another day, we would have been SOL on getting the dates in.
I see that the brick next to Erie Lesbigay community begins with ABB. I wonder if that was for Abby B Conley, who was on the Bicentennial committee and was incredibly helpful to our community. Abby is cool! Read the article about Abby's bravery and decency during the 1995 Bicentennial Parade here. The photos from that are here.
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