https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 May 2024 07:03:09 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Fri, 08 Dec 2017 19:00:00 -0500 https://www.thebatavian.com/events/hlom-guest-speaker-series-frederick-anna-douglass-in-rochester/495171 https://www.thebatavian.com/events/hlom-guest-speaker-series-frederick-anna-douglass-in-rochester/495171#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/events/hlom-guest-speaker-series-frederick-anna-douglass-in-rochester/495171 Dec 8, 2017, 7:00pm History,Lecture HLOM Guest Speaker Series: Frederick & Anna Douglass in Rochester Anonymous he Holland Land Office is proud to present the Rochester area historian Rose O’Keefe. She will be speaking on the life and times of Frederick Douglass and his family while living in Rochester, NY. Rose is a well known authority on many of Rochester’s more famous citizen and is responsible https://www.thebatavian.com/events/speaker-at-hlom-on-generals-of-the-civil-war-free/495113 https://www.thebatavian.com/events/speaker-at-hlom-on-generals-of-the-civil-war-free/495113#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/events/speaker-at-hlom-on-generals-of-the-civil-war-free/495113 Dec 8, 2017, 7:00pm History,Lecture Speaker at HLOM on ‘Generals of the Civil War’ — FREE! Anonymous The Holland Land Office Museum is also hosting on Thursday May 18th, Earl McElfresh from Olean, who will be presenting his tales of the Generals of the Civil War. This event is free to the public. His presentation entitled “Winning a War, Losing a Lost Cause: The Civil War Generals.” RSVPs https://www.thebatavian.com/events/war-of-1812-on-lake-ontario-speaker/495032 https://www.thebatavian.com/events/war-of-1812-on-lake-ontario-speaker/495032#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/events/war-of-1812-on-lake-ontario-speaker/495032 Dec 8, 2017, 7:00pm History,Lecture War of 1812 on Lake Ontario Speaker Anonymous The Holland Land Office Museum will be hosting Toby Jewett, from Fort Niagara. His hour long talk will focus upon the War of 1812 and its impact on the Lake Ontario region. This event is free to the public and light refreshments will be served. Tickets: http://www.hollandlandoffice.com/. https://www.thebatavian.com/events/becoming-american-the-journey-of-italians-in-genesee-county/494061 https://www.thebatavian.com/events/becoming-american-the-journey-of-italians-in-genesee-county/494061#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/events/becoming-american-the-journey-of-italians-in-genesee-county/494061 Dec 8, 2017, 3:00pm History,Lecture Becoming American: The Journey of Italians in Genesee County Anonymous Genesee County historian Mike Eula will present this free program. Although such Italian immigrants as Paolo Busti made their presence felt in Genesee County, New York as early as the late eighteenth century – in his case as the Holland Land Company’s Agent General orchestrating real estate transactions in Western