Nearly a decade after a mural first gave Five Mile a place to tell its story, residents returned Sunday to a concrete wall along Lancaster Road, paint brushes in hand and determined to keep that history from disappearing.<\/p>\n
A horse, a winding creek and a small schoolhouse took on fresh color as artist Lakeem Wilson worked alongside students and neighborhood volunteers in the 5700 block of Lancaster Road.<\/p>\n
Sunday marked the third and final day of a restoration that residents had spent four years trying to organize.<\/p>\n
For a historically Black community whose roots stretch back to formerly enslaved people who became landowners, the mural is more than a collection of neighborhood landmarks. It is a reminder of a history residents have spent decades trying to preserve.<\/p>\n