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Hardman Day is celebrated every year on the island of Martha's Vineyard. In 2014, Harvard professor Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr., a fellow West Virginian, spoke at Della Hardman Day. The event is hosted by the town of Oak Bluffs and the festivities are in Ocean Park on the last Saturday of
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