{"id":43640,"date":"2023-06-19T18:29:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T22:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=43640"},"modified":"2023-06-19T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T22:29:41","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-a-life-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/19\/genesee-county-batavia-a-life-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia\/A life remembered&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EYH2N-fdW6I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Video story June 19, 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After her grave was discovered by City of Batavia Historian Larry Barnes about a year ago, Rev. Dr. Shiela McCullough, and Rev. Dr. Roula Alkhouri felt the need to shed light on Addy, a slave to an Episcopal Priest, Lucius Smith, in Batavia for 46 years, beginning at the age of 4 years old. (1807-1857).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, June 19, 2023, Juneteenth, Freedom Day, a service was held for Addy at the Historic Batavia Cemetery on Harvester Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving monetary donations from her congregation at the East Bethany Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Shiela went to work with Derrick Monument in LeRoy to restore Addy&#8217;s grave marker. Rev Dr. Roula Alkhouri of the First Presbyterian Church in Batavia is planning to add two verses on the unweathered side of the marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service was held to recognize the importance of confronting slavery in society and pay respects to Addy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After her grave was discovered by City of Batavia Historian Larry Barnes about a year ago, Rev. Dr. Shiela McCullough, and Rev. Dr. Roula Alkhouri felt the need to shed light on Addy, a slave to an Episcopal Priest, Lucius Smith, in Batavia for 46 years, beginning at the age \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/19\/genesee-county-batavia-a-life-remembered\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[3768],"class_list":["post-43640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-addy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-blS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65812,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/wny-taking-a-stand-rev-dr-ntuala-walks-78-miles-for-the-constitution-ends-walk-in-peaceful-protest-at-the-buffalo-detention-center-in-batavia-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":43640,"position":0},"title":"WNY\/Taking a stand, Rev. 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