This is the only evidence that I have that I saw my sister this summer. I'm really getting lazy with taking pics...
THE TWINS! Here's the questions: Are these really little chairs or really big babies?
The answer: really little babies. But, they wear Megan and I out. Too much fun.
Giants vs. the Bills. This season started with so much promise.. And Eli Manning did not play well. But, watching the highlights on TV, you would have thought he was a quarterbacking god
BELL'S BLOOD SHED! The best idea ever is to combine a family reunion with a Halloween haunted house.
This was scary. Scary good!
Mmmm... Pig roast.
My favorite moment of the family reunion:
Pig Roaster: (explains Pig meat. Specifically bacon meat) Do you want to try some of the bacon meat?
Bell Kid: No, I want the heart!
Pig Roaster: (startled) What? Uh... Really!
Bell Kid: Oh yeah!
Handsome Devil!
From the Rochester, Monroe County American Guide:
At Central Ave. and St. Paul St., unveiled in 1899, was dedicated by Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York State. The statue, of bronze on a granite pedestal, designed by Sidney W. Edwards, is inscribed with quotations from speeches of Mr. Douglass.
Frederick Douglass (1807-1895) was born a slave in Easton, Md. Having run away from his master in 1838, he took up residence in New Bedford, Mass. In 1841 he began to lecture against slavery and became famous as an orator. In 1848 he published a newspaper, The North Star, in Rochester. At the outbreak of the Civil War he urged the employment of colored troops and helped organize them. He was an active agent of the Underground Railroad and his home, still standing on Alexander Street, was a refuge and way-station for runaway slaves seeking safety and freedom in Canada. During the administration of Benjamin Harrison, Mr. Douglass was appointed Minister to Haiti. After his death in 1895 his body was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.
This monument to Frederick Douglass had been located near the train station in Rochester, but due to the fact that smoke and congestion became heavy in that area, city authorities moved the statue to Highland Park Bowl in 1941. This location is near the site of his home on South Avenue, which burned in 1872, arson was suspected.
The home on Alexander Street, that served as an Underground Railroad site has been torn down.
The granite section of the monument was made by Smith Granite Co. of Westerly, R.I. The model for the bronze statue was Douglass' son, Charles R. Douglass.
It appears Douglass' birth year is either 1817 or 1818, not 1807 as the guide suggests.
Personally, I think this monument should be moved back to downtown Rochester in a very prominent spot. Perhaps Washington Square Park or a new river walk park just off of Main Street.
At Central Ave. and St. Paul St., unveiled in 1899, was dedicated by Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York State. The statue, of bronze on a granite pedestal, designed by Sidney W. Edwards, is inscribed with quotations from speeches of Mr. Douglass.
Frederick Douglass (1807-1895) was born a slave in Easton, Md. Having run away from his master in 1838, he took up residence in New Bedford, Mass. In 1841 he began to lecture against slavery and became famous as an orator. In 1848 he published a newspaper, The North Star, in Rochester. At the outbreak of the Civil War he urged the employment of colored troops and helped organize them. He was an active agent of the Underground Railroad and his home, still standing on Alexander Street, was a refuge and way-station for runaway slaves seeking safety and freedom in Canada. During the administration of Benjamin Harrison, Mr. Douglass was appointed Minister to Haiti. After his death in 1895 his body was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.
This monument to Frederick Douglass had been located near the train station in Rochester, but due to the fact that smoke and congestion became heavy in that area, city authorities moved the statue to Highland Park Bowl in 1941. This location is near the site of his home on South Avenue, which burned in 1872, arson was suspected.
The home on Alexander Street, that served as an Underground Railroad site has been torn down.
The granite section of the monument was made by Smith Granite Co. of Westerly, R.I. The model for the bronze statue was Douglass' son, Charles R. Douglass.
It appears Douglass' birth year is either 1817 or 1818, not 1807 as the guide suggests.
