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Hellfighters are honored in Washington persistence that began in part with Harris’s determination to ensure that Glen Cove’s solWhile leafing through World diers were not forgotten. Harris recalled that instead War I clippings in the Glen Cove Public Library seven of filing the discovery away, he years ago, Dr. Richard Harris felt compelled to act. “I saw that noticed something that stopped there were families that had him cold: Nearly 40 men from sent multiple sons to the war, and some had been Glen Cove and the decorated by the surrounding area French,” he had served in the explained. “Instead Harlem Hellfightof just saying, oh, ers, the famed 369th that’s interesting, I Infantry Regiment. thought, let me go Among them were after that — let me six brothers from find what stories the Fowler family, there might be m o s t o f w h o m DEBRA WILLETT here.” His curiosity fought side by side Granddaughter of Harlem Hellfighter led to a 2018 exhibit in France. at the North Shore That moment of Historical Museum discovery set Harris, an assistant dean at Webb featuring his collection of HarInstitute, in Glen Cove , and a lem Hellfighters ar tifacts, longtime student of military which drew strong community history, on a path that eventual- i n t e re s t . T h at m o m e n t u m ly led to the belated presenta- spurred Harris and local vetertion of one of the nation’s high- ans to form the Harlem Hellfighters Recognition Commitest honors. On Sept. 3, at Emancipation tee, setting the stage for broadHall in the U.S. Capitol, the er advocacy. The effort drew the attention Harlem Hellfighters were collectively awarded the Congres- of U.S. Rep Tom Suozzi, who sional Gold Medal. The ceremo- took up the cause in Washington. In 2019, the Willett family, ny marked the culmination of years of local research, grass- of Glen Cove and Oyster Bay, roots organizing and political CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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thank him for that over and over again.
Courtesy May Pang
May Pang’s photos capture John Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend,’ which ran from 1973 to 1975, and was one of his most prolific post-Beatles periods.
May Pang’s photography brings John Lennon to O.B. By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
May Pang, who shared 18 transformative months with John Lennon during his socalled “Lost Weekend,” will showcase her intimate photographs of the late Beatle at the Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery of Oyster Bay this month. The exhibition, titled “The Lost Weekend – The Photography of May Pang,” will run from Friday, Sept. 19 through Sunday, Sept. 21. Admission is free, and Pang will appear throughout the weekend to meet visitors and share stories behind the images. The collection features candid photos
from 1973 to 1975, a period that marked one of Lennon’s most prolific post-Beatles eras. With Pang’s encouragement, Lennon recorded the albums “Mind Games,” “Walls and Bridges” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” collaborated with artists like Elton John and David Bowie, and scored his first solo No. 1 hit, “Whatever Gets You Through the Night.” Pang can also be heard whispering Lennon’s name on “#9 Dream,” and he wrote “Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)” about her. But the photographs in Oyster Bay reveal a quieter side of the icon. Pang described them as “our home life,” showing Lennon CONTINUED ON PAGE 7