This is a reflection sparked by Aaron-Michael Foxs post about Hal Greer, which I think is an interesting and considerable idea. Should we get into the business of discussing memorials and monuments for various famous Huntingtonians, however, while I think it is great to have pride in and observe the memory of our worthy athletes, I would suggest we expand our consideration and also think about writers, artists, and so forth who as of yet do not even have streets named after them. The first person to come to mind for me is the critically-acclaimed (and unfortunately late, short-lived) short story writer Breece DJ Pancake, a Marshall English department graduate and native to Milton, who has been cited by author Kurt Vonnegut (among others) as a major influence on his work. Last summer the anniversary of his birth was celebrated at the Milton library, but I think it would be great for Huntington to consider memorializing him (and creative folk of his ilk) as well. Ive included a link below to his wiki page, if youre not yet familiar with his excellent work. As of yet, visiting Huntington, one might get the impression from our memorials that railroad capitalists (Collis Huntington, George Pullman) and sports figures (Cam Henderson, Hal Greer...) are either the only interesting people to be associated with the town, or the only ones we find significant enough to remember publicly. Personally I dont have any particular ideas for how to do this, but I did want to toss this into the discussion, perhaps to broaden our horizons for considering our towns history. It seems this might be useful given our approach to renewal as unearthing or rediscovering forgotten possibilities.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:56:49 +0000
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