Julia Ruth Stevens helps unveil a plaque commemorating Babe’s visit to Johnny Sylvester

Julia Ruth Stevens helps unveil a plaque commemorating Babe’s visit to Johnny Sylvester in 1926

On June 22nd of 2008, Babe’s daughter, Julia, who was 92, participated in a ceremony to unveil a plaque at the site of Johnny Sylvester’s home (if you don’t know the story about Babe’s visit to Johnny Sylvester when he was sick, you can read it here: http://www.baberuthcentral.com/Legends/#Sylvester). Julia’s visit to the site in Essex Fells, NJ was covered by WNBC Channel 4 in New York . You can watch an interview of Julia and John Sylvester Jr here:

 

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