It's Dyngus Day, the Polish and Polish-American holiday celebrated on Easter Monday each year to signal the end of Lent. Growing up, we never missed the party: I remember driving into Buffalo the day after Easter and wading through the sea of red and white to watch the parades, stopping by The Broadway Market for [...]
Emmett Leonard Benjamin, Sr., (2nd row, 5th from the left), c. 1920 // Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, New York
On October 23, 1946, the city of Dunkirk "expressed the humble spirit of Thanksgiving" in the greatest demonstration of its history; the local newspaper described the night's conversation as "A Great Meeting," and emphasized that, "If you had attended the meeting in the high school auditorium the other night you could not have avoided a [...]
In Memory of Laura Matilda (Peterson) Vincent 1898-1964
In Memory of Leon V. Merrill 1922-2014
