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Reunion event for Lakeland High School class of 1950

A member of the nationally known singing group the Ink Spots, Lakeland native Ernest Brown played guitar and contributed tenor vocals. On October 12, 1952, he was with the group when they appeared as guests on the iconic “Ed Sullivan Show.” Brown was one of the younger sons of early Lakeland resident Pleasant Brown.

Plans for urban renewal move forward with the PAC chairman at the forefront as area land developer.

Members of the College Park Committee for a Better Environment, including the chairwoman, Amelia Murdoch (far left), and Lakelanders Wilmer Gross and James Adams (far right), planted trees at an Earth Day Event. The Committee for a Better Environment is made up of College Park citizens with an interest in improving the environment and quality of life in the city. The committee promotes, sponsors, and provides support for local environmental projects and activities.

Sermon during Sunday service of Heritage Weekend held at Lakeland High School site

Grandson of Bill and Lucille Sharps pictured on the grounds of his grandparent's home in the eastern area of Lakeland

Showing College Park Airport and surrounding area

On dedication day of Lakeland Park

On a summer Sunday morning in 1942, from left to right, Martha Edwards, Evelyn Giles Tyner, and Tyner’s sister, Lucille Giles, ushers for Embry A.M.E. Church, walked to church with Tyner’s daughters, Edna and Shirley. The Edwards garden is visible on the left; the Giles house is off to the right.

Lakelander Yearbook

Speaking during event honoring Pauline Gray and Arthur Brooks at Embry AME Church

Embry AME Church

Wedding of Pamela Randall bride is shown with her father, Thomas Randall, Sr.

US Army

Annie L. Terry Hicks, wife of Benjamin Robert Hicks. Both were born in 1973. She was a homemaker and laundress.

Labor Day picnic on the grounds of Embry AME Church

Agnes Gross

Event at Lakeland Park Standing in a white shirt center is Mayor, Stephen Brayman

Ruth Johnson Taylor-Lancaster

Left to right unknown, Jacqueline Randall Gillens, Sylvia Lockerman , Florence Lee, Naomi Carter, Rev. Dessie L. Carter

Lakeland Day Dinner Dance Left is Spencer Briscoe

Baltimore Blvd & Navahoe Motel-Buddy Lutz

Willie Johnson worked as a food service manager at the University of Maryland. He eventually bought a home in and moved to Lakeland, where he was fondly remembered for his cooking and for his vegetable garden.

M. Sgt. Harry M. Braxton, Sr. was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps in WWII and was a driver in the Red Ball Express. When army general George S. Patton made a rapid advance across France in 1944, he stretched his supply line to near collapse. Supply trucks rolled continuously, 20 hours a day, seven days a week for 82 days across France and into Germany, often facing attack from the ground and the air. Nearly 75% of Red Ball Express drivers were African Americans. Later, Braxton worked with the Graves Registration and gave Holocaust victims the respect they deserved in death by providing them with a proper burial. Sgt. Braxton was proud to have served and expressed great admiration for General Patton.

On Navahoe Street

Attendants for the wedding of Pamela Randall. The ceremony took place at Embry AME Church

Dent Chapel AME Church had services at Embry after their church flooded. It was near Peace Cross in Bladensburg. Shown is Rev. Fields of Dent AME Church. Embry shared their church building with the congregation of Dent from 1955 to 1956

At Embry AME Church they are left to right Edward Dory, Clarence Gray, Jr, unknown and Elmore Adams

Exhibition of Lakeland Images in College Park Community Center

Joseph Johnson, son of John Calvary Johnson, served as a member of the U.S. Army during WWI. He was one of the first Lakelanders in service to his country. From the founding of the community, Lakeland residents worked individually and collectively to serve and defend their community and nation.