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With the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Memorial to Enslaved Persons set to take place in late February, Dr. Todd Copeland gave insights on the lives of Ann Freeman — a slave believed to have served the university’s namesake, Judge R.E.B. Baylor — as well as other slaves throughout the university’s early history.

The sun set behind West, Texas Thursday evening while citizens gathered at a memorial service At the fairgrounds off Main Street to remember a terrible surprise in their backyard—the fertilizer plant explosion that claimed the lives of 15 people last year.

Doris Miller, a Waco historical figure from WWII, will be commemorated near the new McLane Stadium with a new large, riverfront outdoor memorial. Cultural Arts of Waco, a nonprofit organization, is fundraising for the memorial.

In a world of fleeting moments and memories, the 21st century has embraced an old idea to hold on to the past forever — tattoos.

Dr. Candi Cann, assistant professor in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, has researched in detail the many ways people are choosing to remember the dead. Specifically, she has studied the occurrence of makeshift roadside memorials, Internet memorials, car decal memorials and tattoos.

A memorial will be held at 4:30 p.m Thursday for Dr. Susan Colón, who passed away this summer after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year.

The memorial will take place in the Alexander Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall.