Commemorating Emancipation Day

Commemorating Emancipation Day

August 1, 2026
1:00pm
Austin Steward’s grave

Austin Steward’s grave, West Avenue Cemetery, 100 West Ave., Canandaigua

Co-sponsored with Ontario Historical Society, the event will take place at Austin Steward’s grave, West Avenue Cemetery, 100 West Ave., Canandaigua, with Preston Pierce, Ontario County Historian; Chester Freeman, who arranged historic marker for Steward; Robin Nowell from AKWAABA, appearing as her ancestor Nancy Tolliver; and members of Rochester Women’s
Community Chorus commemorating the end of slavery in the British Empire.

Invitation for Bids!

The 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum is pleased to announce that we have published our Invitation to Bid for the 1816 FQMM Exterior Restoration.

Bid documents are available and/or examined free of charge at the office of the Architect, located at John G. Waite Associates, Architects PLLC, located at 384 Broadway, Albany, NY, (518) 449-5440. Our Invitation is also published in NYS Contracts Reporter.

Bids are due March 13, 2025 before 2pm. There is a mandatory pre-bid walk through on Friday, February 28, at 2pm on site. Please contact Bill Brandow at John G. Waite Associates, or Ann Morton (amorton@rochester.rr.com) with any questions.