Les Amis Looks Back

As July 2013 comes to a close, I am awed when I look back over the past four years! It was in July 2009 that I wrote to Richard Gibson to inquire about the location of Beauford's grave. This triggered the chain of events that led to the establishment of Les Amis de Beauford Delaney.

Today I am posting several photos that bear witness to the path that we have opened to honor Beauford's life and work and to make them better known to the world. Click on the links in the captions to access the story behind each image.

Thiais Cemetery Division 86 - location of Beauford's final resting place
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Announcement for the creation of Les Amis de Beauford Delaney
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Ambassador Rivkin writes a letter of support for fundraising
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Dorothy's Gallery sells Henry Miller painting in support of fundraising effort
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Gravesite ceremony
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Program for celebration at the Hôtel Tallyrand
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Invitees enjoying the cocktail
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Burt and Pat Reinfrank talk of their memories of Beauford for filmmaker Zachary Miller
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1st anniversary celebration of the laying of the stone
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Tending Beauford's Gravesite
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