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THE MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
THE MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL

THE MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL

Submitted by Anita M. Mance, Historian, May 2025

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Ninety-five years ago on May 30, 1930, our first war monument was dedicated in Edmund Lyon Park. Honoring those who had served in World War I, the granite tablet and cannon have an interesting history. In 1916, the first park in our community was dedicated. Once a heavily forested swampy area named Vanderbilt Park, the land had been purchased by Kate Gleason. Kate brought in workers from her father's company, Gleason Works, to excavate and clear out the area. The park was named after Edmund Lyon, a friend of Kate Gleason's and a founder of our village. At the top of the hill on...
AND THEN THE MUSIC STOPPED - APRIL 1885 AND THEN THE MUSIC STOPPED - APRIL 1885

AND THEN THE MUSIC STOPPED - APRIL 1885

Submitted April 2025 by Anita M. Mance, Historian

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In looking through our East Rochester Centennial Calendar of 1997, I was reminded that 40 years ago this month a significant piece of our history ended -- the Piano Works closed after 80 years of operation on West Commercial Street.

AS SUMMER TURNS TO FALL – 1954

VILLAGE HAPPENINGS FROM 70 YEARS AGO ~ Submitted by Anita M. Mance, Historian, September 2024

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     In looking through our old East Rochester Herald newspapers, I happened to find an interesting series of articles from late summer, early fall of 1954.  The stories...

THE CLASS OF ’44

Submitted June 2024 by Anita M. Mance, Historian

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     Each June as another school year ends, Senior Class members reflect on their high school years.  The Gagashoan they receive illustrates not only their daily lives,...
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THE MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL

THE MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL

Ninety-five years ago on May 30, 1930, our first war monument was dedicated in Edmund Lyon Park. Honoring those who had served in World War I, the granite tablet and cannon have an interesting history.

In 1916, the first park in our community was dedicated. Once a heavily forested swampy area named Vanderbilt Park, the land had been purchased by Kate Gleason. Kate brought in workers from her father's company, Gleason Works, to excavate and clear out the area. The park was named after Edmund Lyon, a friend of Kate Gleason's and a founder of our village. At the top of the hill on the corner of Main and East Ivy Streets a flagpole was erected on the highest elevation in East Rochester.

During the years following World War I, community members felt a memorial was needed to honor our soldiers. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Jules Verne Fish Post, Ame

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