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The 40TH ACCORD, Inc. announces that the Freedom Trail Audio Tours of Historic Civil Rights Sites is open to the public. This interactive feature can be accessed through the use of one’s own cell phone. Individuals visiting any of the 31 Freedom Trail Markers in and around St. Augustine and St. Johns County can experience history in another medium.

Gwendolyn Duncan, president of ACCORD commented: “ I never thought, growing up in Lincolnville and living through part of the Jim Crow Era, that someday the civil rights movement could be revisited just by pressing numbers on a cellphone, but that has now come to pass in St. Augustine, Florida, the nation’s oldest city: one of the great battlefields of the civil rights movement. Thanks to the audio tour of our permanently marked Freedom Trail of landmarks from that era, people who remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. can share their memories at the touch of a number, while the tour-taker is able to see, at the same time, the actual house where Dr. King stayed in the course of changing history. One can also hear Dr. Robert B. Hayling’s voice while visiting the site of his former dental office. The 20th century comes alive, thanks to 21st century technology!”

While visiting a beach in Flagler County, Duncan saw the technology used for the first time on an A1A Scenic Highway Stop and asked her daughter, Elizabeth to find out how this feature could be incorporated in the already established ACCORD Freedom Trail of historic civil rights sites, sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation. Elizabeth, the webmaster for ACCORD contacted OnCell and received instructions on how to use the system. A few Duncan extends a special thank you to all involved in bringing this featured project to fruition, especially Elizabeth Duncan, David Nolan, Daryl Price, Janie Price, Dr. Robert B. Hayling, Kenneth and Kathy Ginn, Marcus Ginn, Zebulun Duncan of Duncan & Duncan Construction, Dr. Kathryn Fentress, Audrey Nell Edwards, Sarah Exley, OnCell Marketing Communications Manager and Fast Signs.

Businesses or individuals wishing to sponsor the Audio Tour on a monthly, bi-monthly, semi-annual, or annual basis may contact Audrey at 829-3996 for more information. The 40th ACCORD, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax deductible.

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