Lillie Belle Allen, Officer Henry C. Schaad will be remembered during July 21 anniversary
Marking 1,461 consecutive days with fresh flowers on the Memorial Benches at Farquhar Park and remembering the lives of Officer Henry C. Schaad and Lillie Belle Allen, a prayer service on Friday July 21, 2023 at 5 p.m. will mark the 54th anniversary of their deaths.
Both were killed in York, Pa. during the 1969 race riots.
The unification prayer service at the site of the benches in the 400 block of North Newberry Street will be led by Pastor Tanya Brubaker of Calvary United Methodist Church & York City Police Chaplain Pastor Mark Terwilliger, of Asbury United Methodist Church and Bishop LaFawn Wilson, of Shekinah Ministries.
A new storywalk/ Interpretive sign will also be dedicated that day at the site of the benches.
The group is also working on a memorial to be placed in front of the York Police station at 50 West King St. for Officer Henry C. Schaad and a separate memorial at a yet to be determined site in York for Lillie Belle Allen − in addition to historical markers installed at the site of both murders: North Newberry Street at the railroad tracks for Ms. Allen and the College Avenue Bridge for Officer Henry C. Schaad.
The public is invited to help insure these two people are not forgotten.
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