Bill Dries
Reporter at The Daily Memphian
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North Memphis By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 10, 2025 7:42 PM CT | Published: May 10, 2025 7:39 PM CT Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corp. celebrated 100th anniversary of Tom Lee's river rescue with a pop-up museum Saturday, May 10 at 1396 Jackson Ave.
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Premium Metro By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 10, 2025 5:25 PM CT | Published: May 10, 2025 5:24 PM CT “You may think your life isn’t touched by politics. But it touches you every single day. Democracies decline because of the indifference of populations,” U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said. “And we have to start becoming more engaged and aware and helping to shape our government and our priorities in government.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) U.S. Sen.
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Premium Metro By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 08, 2025 7:48 PM CT | Published: May 08, 2025 7:47 PM CT The three winners of the fourth annual Tom Lee poetry contest. From left to right, Katie Phan, Jericka Self and Christian Love. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) A century to the day that Tom Lee rescued 32 people from the Mississippi River, the Memphis hero was honored across the city.
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Premium Metro By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: May 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT The Tom Lee monument, which has in Tom Lee Park since 2006, has at times been an indicator of the city’s mood, including a green glove stretched across Lee’s hand at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in March 2020.
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dailymemphian.com | Bill Dries
Premium Metro By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: May 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT “The Making of a Hero” is a series of stories marking the centennial of Tom Lee’s 1925 Mississippi River rescue that saved the lives of 32 passengers on the capsized M.E. Norman riverboat.
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