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Memorial Day – 2021 featured a ceremony conducted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. It was held at the site of our “Defenders of the Flag” […]
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The “Patriots of the American Revolution” was a fascinating historic commemoration of the Boyd and Parker Ambush during the Sullivan Campaign of the Revolutionary War. We met at the American […]
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We currently have stone cleaning going on in two locations. The first is at the gravesite of Lillian Wald, where all of her five family stones are being cleaned by […]
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Section A Vignette # 7 If you have the occasion to travel into downtown Rochester, look for 200 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14605 at the corner of Scio Street. There […]
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Section A Vignette # 6 At the southern-most point of Section A, tucked between the boundary fence and West Avenue, lies the gravesite of Ezra R. Andrews. Mr. Andrews was […]
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Section A Vignette # 5 There were two men named George Washington Goler, uncle and nephew. Only the uncle is buried in Mt Hope Cemetery. For years we believed that […]
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Section A Vignette #4 Zebulon Hebard was born August 1, 1793 in Amenia, Dutchess County, NY, a small town northeast of Poughkeepsie next to the Connecticut border. He was a […]
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Section A Vignette # 3 While many of us are content living quiet lives of peace and simplicity, others look back on lives teeming with adventure, extraordinary accomplishments, and peppered […]
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Section A Vignette # 2 M. Louise Stowell was a well-known artist in her time, but has since fallen out of view. Born in 1861, she moved with her family […]
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Section A Vignette # 1 Josiah Bissell was an engineer and the state contractor in charge of constructing the second Erie Canal Aqueduct over the Genesee River. When he demolished […]
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