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<DIV>As I read the postings about the mural I became curious and found that the
mural was the focus of a Maryland Newsline item and it is still available online
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but it's a pretty good photo and a very good explanation of the artist's
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<P align=center><BR> <BR> <FONT face=Arial color=white size=5
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Fever: Public Art in the D.C. Area</B> </FONT>
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<P align=left><IMG height=319
alt="A Summer's Day mural at East-West Hwy. and Baltimore Ave. in Riverdale Park, Md."
src="http://www.newsline.umd.edu/photos/river_muralb042701.jpg"
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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=4
font>"</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=4
font>A</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ffffff size=2
font> </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=4
font>Summer's Day,</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=white size=4 font>"</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=white size=2 font> painted by John Ford in 1976, depicts the
artist's memory of summer visits with his grandfather, Walter Ford,
at his grandparents' Riverdale Park home.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=2
font> John Ford, who died in 1996 at age 42, painted the mural
on a large board affixed to the side of what used to be a
consignment shop. He added an overhang at the top to protect the
mural from the weather, says Riverdale Park Mayor Ann
Ferguson.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=2
font>Riverdale Park officials fought in 1998 to preserve the
mural after an Eckerd's Drugstore proposed demolishing the building
to open a new store. Residents protested and eventually won the
battle to keep the mural and the building. Ferguson says in October
2000 the municipality purchased the land underneath the mural to
plant flowers and build a small park. For now, the mural will
not be torn down. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=2
font>"It's an identifying marker," Ferguson says. "When Eckerd's
Drugstore threatened that corner (East-West Highway and Baltimore
Avenue), a lot of people from the surrounding area were
inflamed. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=white size=2
font>"They said, 'I count on that mural when I see it. When I see
it, I know I am in Riverdale Park.' "</FONT></P>
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