It was a warm day on May 17, 2025 at 11AM EST that a small committee of women gathered to dedicate its inaugural bench honoring the legacy of MARJORIE TUCKER REED, a nurse who was one of the renowned nurses known as THE BLACK ANGELS, whose clinical practice contributed to the cure for tuberculosis at Seaview Hospital in Staten Island, New York.

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The committee members who attended and participated in the ceremony were:

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Welcome: Denetra Hampton, Founder, Chair

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Reading of the Bench Mark for Science Project Mission

Jacquelyn Claude, Vice-Chair

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Placing of the Dedication Wreath

Captain, Ebony Ferguson, NC

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Gratitude Message

Denetra Hampton & Yvette McInnis, Chair