DON:
THE FLAG HONORING THE MEMORY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
WAS RAISED
OVER SPRINGFIELD CITY HALL
TODAY..
22NEWS REPORTER SY BECKER
ATTENDED THE FLAG RAISING - AS
WELL AS THE CITY HALL
PROGRAM HONORING DR. KING.
SY BECKER:
AS MAYOR DOMENIC SARNO AND
SPRINGFIELD NAACP PRESIDENT THE
REVEREND TALBERT SWAN LED THE
FLAG RAISING PROCESSION, WE WERE
REMINDED
THAT HAD HE LIVED, DR. KING
WOULD HAVE 91 YEARS OLD THIS
YEAR, WHEN WESTERN
MASSSACHUSETTS AND THE NATION
OBSERVE HIS BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY,
JANUARY 20TH.
PRIOR TO THE FLAG RAISING, DR.
KING'S WORK WAS CELEBRATED IN
WORDS AND MUSIC.
BAYPATH UNIVERSITY PROFESSER,
SPRINGFIELD NATIVE DR. CHARLENE
GILES,
HAD NEVER ATTENDED THIS SERIVCE
BEFORE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA
UNTIL LAST YEAR, SHE
WAS DEEPLY IMPERESSED...
CHARLENE:
THIS IS PART OF MY HISTORY, SO
TO SEE AND
WITNESS THINGS LIKE THIS IN
2020, IN 1960 NO ONE WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT POSSIBLE, MY HEART IS
REALLY BEATING VERY FAST
SY BECKER:
MAYOR SARNO'S LONGTIME AIDE,
DARRYL MOSS WAS CAUGHT
COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE WHEN
NAACP PRESIDENT TALBERT SWAN
AWARDED MOSS THE
PRESTIGIOUS NAACP AWARD FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE....
DARRYL:
IT CAME AS A SHOCK, I'M DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE, I
WASN'T EXPECTING IT, THERE ARE
SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY
DOING GREAT WORK. I'MJUST
TRYING TO KEEP UP SO WHEN
SOMEONE RECOGNIZES YOUR WORK,
I'M APPRECIATIVE
SY BECKER:
NO PROGRAM AT CITY HALL HONORING
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S
MEMERY IS
EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT THE
SINGING OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
NATIONAL
ANTHEM..
TEN SECONDS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
NATIONAL
ANTHEM,,
SY BECKER:
AT SPRINGFIELD VITY HALL, SY
BECKER 22NEWS...
