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Willow Hill seeks photos and info on Bulloch County’s black soldiers of World War I and II

Center’s archival work also emphasized as historic school turns 150

Bruce Asberry, left, reacts as Camille Mendez, seated, and Barbara Mitchell show him obituaries and other original historical documents during the archiving portion of the Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center's annual event as they celebrate 150 years of the Willow Hill School and community on Saturday, Aug. 31. Mitchell is a digital scanning analyst for Willow Hill, and Mendez is an intern from Georgia Southern University who scans obituaries and enters them into a database at Georgia Southern. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Willow Hill archiving — Bruce Asberry, left, reacts as Camille Mendez, seated, and Barbara Mitchell show him obituaries and other original historical documents during the archiving portion of the Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center's annual event as they celebrate 150 years of the Willow Hill School and community on Saturday, Aug. 31. Mitchell is a digital scanning analyst for Willow Hill, and Mendez is an intern from Georgia Southern University who scans obituaries and enters them into a database at Georgia Southern. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

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Published: Sep 4, 2024, 2:16 AM

For the 150th anniversary of the original Willow Hill School and community, the Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center held a symposium Saturday morning.

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