Flushing High School Diamond Jubilee Pageant

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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The principal announces the Diamond Jubilee of Flushing High School, the oldest public school in the Greater New York area. The celebrations will include a pageant detailing the history of the school. This pageant is presented in this recording.

The first graduating class, 6 girls, prepares to give speeches on stage. Former teachers are profiled. Flushing basketball team wins the championship in 1904. Other athletic achievements. Famous graduates. Honor Society. Reactions to D-Day and war. Community service. A message from Maurice A. Fitzgerald, Borough President of Queens.

Transcription through the Board of Education radio station.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 69554
Municipal archives id: LT511

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