Bicentennial day marked on Mud Island and in Orange Mound
Artist Tylur French lies on the grass with his son Lincoln French ahead of the official unveiling of a new Memphis sculpture made by French and his art production team Youngblood Studio on May 22, 2019, in Mud Island River Park. (Brandon Dill/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Local leaders cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new social media icon on Mud Island, and Orange Mound celebrated Memphis' bicentennial day by marking 100 years since it was annexed by the city.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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