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Magazine Author: Patrick scanlon

A nineteenth-century activist

I discovered Frances Willard while researching drinking fountains erected by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) throughout Western New York in the late nineteenth and

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(Almost) hidden history

Surprising local monuments to once-famous people and deeds Hiding in plain sight in the Rochester area are numerous out-of-the-way memorials to people and events that

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Highland Park’s missing gem

Highland Park is Rochester’s best-known green space and garden, thanks to the Lilac Festival. What most don’t realize is that the park’s original centerpiece, its

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