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PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen is a group of twenty-six African American artists;
twenty-five men and one woman; and
WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen are self-taught painters who often paint from
memory, so the images are imprinted scenery from where they have grown up and natural beauty they have seen over their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen use vivid colors to exhibit Florida landscape;
such as crashing waves on windswept beaches, palm trees bent by the wind, majestic Royal Poinciana trees, moss-draped oak trees, red-orange sunsets, billowing clouds, and moonlit rivers; and
WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen made a living selling their paintings along
roadsides and out of the trunks of their cars; and
WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen members were inducted into the Florida Hall of
Fame in 2004; such as Curtis Arnett; Hezekiah Baker; Al "Blood" Black; Ellis Buckner; George Buckner; Robert Butler; Mary Ann Carroll; Johnny Daniels; Willie Daniels; Rodney Demps; James Gibson; Alfred Hair; Isaac Knight; R.L. Lewis; John Maynor; Roy
Mclendon; Alfonso "Pancho" Moran; Sam, Lemuel, and H. Harold Newton; Willie
Reagan; Livingston "Castro" Roberts; Cornell "Pete" Smith; Charles Walker; Sylvester
Wells, and Charles "Chico" Wheeler; and
WHEREAS, Florida Highwaymen members Curtis Arnett; R.L. Lewis; Isaac Knight,
and Willie Reagan will be coming to the City of Delray Beach for pop up exhibits, living
painting, and a panel discussion on Saturday, February 23rd and Sunday, February 24th.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shelly Petrolia, Mayor of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, on behalf of the City Commission do hereby proclaim the 23rd and 24th of February 2019 as:
Florida Highwaymen Days
and encourage all our residents to join in on the pop-up exhibits at the S.D.
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, to be affixed this 12th day of February 2019.
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SHEL� ETROLIA
MAYOR