A virtual panel discussion will be held on Thursday night to highlight the contributions of Dr. Frank Boston to Lansdale Borough.
The free event will begin at 7 p.m. and can be viewed here. Panel members include Montgomery County Commissioners Chair Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Boston Legacy Foundation Chair George Whitehair, longtime Lansdale pediatrician Dr. Francis Jeyaraj, North Penn School Board Director Dr. Wanda Lewis-Campbell and research assistant Leigh Ferrier.
Total forum time is expected to be 45 minutes.
Boston was a WWI veteran of African-American heritage, who served in the 317th Infantry. Upon the completion of his military service, Boston opened what was then Elm Terrace Hospital, which would later be renamed as North Penn Hospital. Boston is also credited as the creator of the first emergency response units in the area, then-referred to as the First Aide Emergency Squad.
That group would later evolve into the current Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale, which still bears the logo that Boston helped to design.
Boston died in 1960, and a monument was built at the intersection of North Broad and Seventh streets as the hospital refused to allow his supporters to hang his portrait inside. The Boston Legacy Foundation believe that Boston’s statue may have been Pennsylvania’s first statue honoring a specific African-American resident.
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