LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - OCTOBER 8, 2023 October is New York History Month Continued... Do you have a loved one or friend with Alzheimer's or do you wish you knew more about this disease? LeRoy First Baptist presents "10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's and Effective Communication" Presenter Tammy Genagon of the Alzheimer's Association of Buffalo Wednesday, October 18th 6:30 PM Free and Open to the Public First Baptist Church 5 East Main Street LeRoy, NY F r y c a k e s . .Weekends Only Apples: Jonamacs Empire Honey Crisp Red Cortlands 20 oz macs Pumpkins Gourds▪Mums Winter Squash WE ALSO HAVE APPLE CIDER Apple PIEs & BAKED GOODS Oatka Trail · LeRoy 585-768-7094 Mon-Closed Tues-Fri 9-6PM Sat & Sun 9-5PM mcphersonorchards.com Educational field trip to Letchworth State Park Members of the Town and Country Garden Club of Le Roy NY took an educational field trip to Letchworth State Park to visit the Nature Center and learn about the park's history and arboretum. Troop A in Batavia. Troop A includes Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming. Mounted troopers were reestablished in 2016. An interesting fact about the purple band on the Troopers’ hats. It represents the heritage from the Praertorian Guard, an elite unit of the imperial Roman army. NewYork has the largest and oldest state museum in the United States. It was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey. It was established by Governor Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. It was reorganized in 1870 as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the Regents of the State University. It was located in the state education building from 1912 until 1976. The collections were moved to the new museum building in the Empire State Plaza in 1976. New York has a state historian. The position was created in 1895. The Historian was appointed by the Governor until 1911, when the position was moved to the State Education Department. New York has 532 chartered historical societies, 149 historical museums, 48 historic preservation organizations, 94 historic house museums, 37 state historic sites, 20 heritage areas, several historical trails, and hundreds of libraries with historical collections. New York is the only state with officially appointed local government historians at the county, city, town, and village level. The New York State Archives were established in 1971 and opened in 1978 as part of the State Education Department. In 2005, the Encyclopedia of New York State was published by Syracuse University Press. The 1921 page book, is filled with New York State history and facts, including the story of Ingham University, Jell-O, the Village and Town of LeRoy, Patent Medicines, LeRoy artist, Lemuel Wiles, and Calvin Keeney and his stringless beans. 585.768.2201 www.leroyny.com office@leroyny.com Submit your local event to community news for FREE publication in LeRoy's #1 Pennysaver!
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