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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I don’t know if it is the cold foggy weather that is causing me to think about what the Society will be doing in the Spring, but I am. The January program featuring the “Freedom Riders” for those of you too young to remember these are the brave gentlemen (all Davis residents) who in 1965 joined Martin Luther King on the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The goal was to make it possible for African Americans living in the South to exercise their right to vote. This was a reminder of how far we have come AND how much more there is yet to be done. Guest Rev. John Pamperin’s wife sat in their car listening to the Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears football game. Two honks of the horn if Green Bay scored and one honk if Chicago scored. Approximately 50 people attended and enjoyed the stories that were told until 4:15 p.m. Programs are being planned for the 4th Sunday of the month through May. More information on these programs will be available next month, but save the dates. And, we are organizing a free Museum Day for a Saturday in April. Also for our Spring Trip we will be going South, i.e. Lodi, Stockton and maybe a stop in Florin at the restored Victorian home which was the inspiration for dressing up the Gibson Mansion; a task well done by Kathy Harryman and Starr Barrow. If you have suggestions for programs or would like to be more active in the Society, please give me a call. Peace, BJ Ford, President HATTIE HONORS KING FREEDOM RIDERS The Hattie Weber Museum of Davis honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders at an exhibit opening and reception on January 15th. For the record, we also celebrated the birthday of docent extra-ordinaire Virginia Isaacs. Tansey Thomas, of Davis, provided pictures and information for the exhibit about the March 1965 bus trip to Montgomery where the Marchers joined the Selma march for the last 12 miles. We also mounted a picture of Dr. King and excerpts