EDMESTON — April 1
marks the 200th anniversary
of the founding of the Town
of Edmeston, and the township
plans to celebrate with
proclamations, historical displays,
music, and birthday
cake.
The event will be held at
the Edmeston Central School
gymnasium from 6 to 8 p.m.
Hosts for the evening are the
event’s planners, Martin and
Martha Winsor.
“Of course we are very
proud to host the event at
ECS,” said Martha Winsor,
who is the school system’s
building principal. “Students
are working now on researching
aspects of the town’s history,
and preparing historical
displays to be featured in
Edmeston Central’s storied
hallways.”
“We have planned for Edmeston
scouts to present the
colors,” said Martin Winsor,
“marching into the gymnasium
for the formal program.”
Music will be provided by the
ECS band, under the direction
of Danielle Duquette,
including a short program of
patriotic music.
The lands of the current
Town of Edmeston were originally
part of the Town of
Burlington, so proclamations
have been requested from
the Town of Burlington as
well as from state and federal
government officials and
representatives. The town’s
own proclamation is being
copied in calligraphy by Judy
McCall of New Berlin, and
will be displayed for the first
time.
Also being unveiled will
be mock-ups of two roadside
New York State historical
markers to be in place at the
sites of the first town meeting,
and of the Edmeston Opera
House as soon as weather
permits, organizers said.
Partygoers will be invited
to the cafeteria for birthday
cake after the formal program.
In the cafeteria will be
display panels of historical
photos, information and
maps created by Town Historian
Bob Nonenmacher and
volunteer Bob Alcott. The
displays have been rotating
at the Edmeston branch of
NBT Bank for several
months, and will be at sites
in the hamlets of South and
West Edmeston during the
Bicentennial year.
The Edmeston Tea Circle
is showing home movies of
past Edmeston events (such
as ox roasts and sports
events) edited and set up in
the cafeteria for casual viewing.
The Wharton Valley
Grange will be holding a
birthday cake contest, and
will announce the results of
the contest before cakes are
served.
On sale will be official Bicentennial
products and publications.
Those pre-ordering
the 2008 Edmeston history
book, “Edmeston: Echoes of
the Past Revisited,” can pick
up their copies.
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