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Santa & Mrs Claus 2025
Holiday Appreciation Open House in Macedon Center Sunday, December 7th, 2025 2:00pm – 4:00pm Macedon Center Meetinghouse 1208 Macedon Center Rd., Macedon, NY 14502 Christmas Sing alongs with Santa and Mrs. Claus (Merlyn Fuller and Merry Mischief) Raffles and drawings Lighting of the Tribute Tree Ornaments available to purchase and place on the Tribute…
History Fair 2025
Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:30pm-6:30pm Macedon Academy 1185 Macedon Center Road, Macedon, NY Projects will be on display from Pal-Mac Intermediate School students in grades 3-5. A scavenger hunt will also be available for anyone in attendance! NOTE: The projects will be displayed on the second floor. Due to the historical nature of the…
Macedon Makes a Splash at the World Canal Conference 2025!
The World Canal Conference was held in Buffalo, NY from September 21st through the 24th. Several hundred people from around the world came to see what people in the United States were doing with their canals. And what better time to hold this event than during the year that we celebrate the Bicentennial of the…
Our Postal Heritage
Preston Pierce presentation on the Parcel Post System – mailing children wasn’t the only strange items mailed through the USPS. Presented at the Macedon Academy on June 29, 2025.
Creating the Erie Canal Movie
The pioneers and immigrants who discovered the intersection of ambition and opportunity in upstate New York built their future, and the future of America, out of stone, clay, and mud. Learn their story in this new film on the Erie Canal. The Celebration is Coming to Your Town! That’s right, beginning on September 24th, flags…
Macedon Memorial Day 2025 Celebration
Macedon and Memorial Day 2025 By: Linda Braun, Macedon Town Historian After what seemed like the wettest May in a very long time, the sun rose brightly on Monday morning, May 26, 2025. As is the custom in Macedon, our Memorial Day Celebration was to be held at the Macedon Center Cemetery this year. It…
Restoration of the Old Baptist Cemetery
In 2024, 10 headstones were repaired and erected in the cemetery! Erika Newcombe, with the vision of earning a Gold Award has passionately taken on the preservation of the Old Baptist Cemetery. This is an historical cemetery in Macedon, New York, with Revolutionary War soldiers, Winston Churchill’s Great-Great Grandparents, a relative of the Salem Witch…
Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground Eagle Scout Project
This book contains pictures of my Eagle Scout Project. To everyone that helped, thank you. The dates of the work were: May 28, 1994; May 29, 1994; June 10, 1994. -Dan Weykman
July 16@5:30pm – Merry Mischief
July 16th Merry Mischief 5:30pm at Historic Macedon Academy Parking at the Methodist Church, west of the Academy Ensemble coast of talented musicians that will dazzle you with an Erie Canal Theme music and entertainment. Sponsored by the Friends of the Macedon Public Library hosted by the Macedon Historical Society. See event flyer.
May 17th@11:00 – The Canawl Kids
May 17th – The Canawl Kids 11:00 at the Historic Macedon Academy Interactive presentation with Christopher Blomgren of Historic Pursuits – Sponsored by the Friends of the Macedon Public Library. Life along the Erie Canal, guests will be immersed into costumes and artifacts of the early 1800’s – schooling, games, chores and danger. See event…