{"id":1076,"date":"2013-05-08T17:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2013-05-13T23:30:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T23:30:17","slug":"serving-on-board-of-historic-hosanna-school-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/serving-on-board-of-historic-hosanna-school-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving on Board of Historic Hosanna School Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Several months ago, the Executive Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hosannaschoolmuseum.org\/about-hosanna\/\">Historic Hosanna School Museum,<\/a>\u00a0Iris Barnes, invited me to serve on the board of the nonprofit.\u00a0 I had worked with the group on a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/2012\/02\/11\/project-scholar-for-new-study-asking-what-happens-when-big-government-moves-in-and-families-move-out\/\"> Smithsonian oral history project <\/a>as a pubic historian, so I was pleased to join this visionary organization.<\/p>\n<p>Its mission is to share the rich heritage of our diverse society and foster an awareness that deepens understanding and appreciation of that diversity.\u00a0 Hosanna sponsors exhibits, speakers, displays and other events that portray the contributions made by African-Americans and a variety of ethnic groups, throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>The first public educational facility for African-Americans in Harford County, the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau funded construction of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/CHAD\/MHT%20African%20American%20Cultural%20Resources\/HosannaBerkley.html\">the two-story frame building <\/a>in 1867-68.\u00a0 It was used as a schoolhouse, a community meeting place, and a church.\u00a0 In 1879, the operation of the school was assumed by the Harford County School Commissioners.\u00a0 The Board of Education closed the doors in 1946, but two years later the Hosanna Community House, Inc. was created to a support a new use, an African-American community center.\u00a0 Hosanna was placed on the National Register in 1991.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1079\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hosanna-214aa2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1079\" alt=\"hosanna 214aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hosanna-214aa2.jpg?resize=615%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"615\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hosanna-214aa2.jpg?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hosanna-214aa2.jpg?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hosanna School outside of Darlington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several months ago, the Executive Director of the Historic Hosanna School Museum,\u00a0Iris Barnes, invited me to serve on the board of the nonprofit.\u00a0 I had worked with the group on a Smithsonian oral history project as a pubic historian, so I was pleased to join this visionary organization. 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