Monthly Archives: July 2021

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter….tomorrow we will run faster….stretch out our arms farther…. And one fiiiine morning….  So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back…ceaselessly into the past.”  This, the closing line of TheContinue reading “F. Scott Fitzgerald”

The eyes of the world were on Buffalo as it hosted the Pan-American Exposition in the summer of 1901. Over 350 acres of land between Elmwood and Delaware Avenues had been transformed into a resplendent complex of ornate buildings, pavilions, exhibits, and attractions. It was against this backdrop that events unfolded that changed the courseContinue reading “September 1901”

Buffalo is in the unique position of being one of the few cities in our nation’s history to host a presidential inauguration. It is an important piece of American history and tradition that the rest of the country only thinks about once every four years. Though ours was a somber and solemn occasion- a markedContinue reading “Inauguration Day”