America250 this Sunday — and the history beneath the village

From the blog · Adam Stetzer

This Sunday the village gathers to mark 250 years of American independence. It's worth pausing to hold two things at once: the America250 picnic on the canal, and Freedom Caverns — Pittsford's own chapter of the Underground Railroad, hidden for generations right beneath the surface. Both are part of the same long story.

Village of Pittsford Bulletin: America250 Picnic Sunday, July 1 Tax Deadline, and July Holiday Closure

America250 E Pluribus Unum Community Picnic at the Spiegel Center pavilion this Sunday, June 28 at noon — bring a picnic lunch, blanket, or lawn chairs

Freedom Caverns: Pittsford's Hidden Chapter of Underground Railroad History

Pittsford's new Freedom Caverns historic marker at 28 Monroe Avenue names the limestone caverns beneath the 1826 Sylvanus Lothrop House as a believed stop on the Underground Railroad network moving freedom seekers north.

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