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09002.EV – During an annual Founder’s Day Celebration in Charles Town the City of Charles Town proclaimed Lawrence Street as “Martin R. Delany Drive.” The event was hosted by the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society. Shown in the photo, from left to right: Nathaniel Downing, James Tolbert, James L. Taylor, Mayor Randy Hilton, Evelyn M. E. Taylor and George Rutherford. Martin R. Delany was a famed black leader who achieved the rank of major in the Civil War.