ALAN SINGER'S MAY EXHIBIT

EARTH DAY at GENESEE COUNTRY VILLAGE

Tuesday, April 22 10 am - 2 pm Join the museum as it celebrates Earth Day! This self-guided event is designed exclusively for homeschool families. Visit the Historic Village and Nature Center to learn about conservation and recycling practices that will make your families better stewards of the earth. Activities include: * Dragonfly Pete's Amazing Aquatic Creaturesidentifying inhabitants of Oatka Creek * Visit with Johnny Appleseed and hear how he spread apple trees across the frontier * Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Craft by turning a used gallon jug into a reusable lunch container * Join naturalist Ron Walker on an Earth Day excursion to explore the diversity in our woodlots * Meet John James Audubon and learn about his conservation work on behalf of birds * Pit yourself against Mother Nature in this fun Bird Migration Challenge Game * Hike with our naturalists to our special spring wetland to catch, examine and release the inhabitants of this unique ecosystem Admission is adults: $11/members free; all students $6.50; children (3 & Under) free To register call 585-294-8218 or email programregistrar@gcv.org

GENESEE VALLEY CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE - APR 16

LE ROY — Tom Taber’s subject will be “The Orleans Battery

— 17th N.Y. Light Artillery” when the Genesee Valley Civil 

War Roundtable meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A discussion period will follow. Taber will offer copies of his

book for sale, and will autograph copies.

The Roundtable meets at Le Roy United Methodist Church, 

10 Trigon Park (third door on the right end of the long 

sidewalk). New members are welcome.

Greece Historical Society - APRIL 2014 NEWS

*Beatlemania Exhibit ENDS APRIL 13th  *Come and enjoy the memories as you

view this *extensive collection of Beatle memorabilia* by Greece resident

Jim Acker.

*Museum Hours* 

The Greece Museum and museum gift shop, 595 Long Pond Rd.,

Greece, NY, 14612, is open Sundays 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 or by appointment.  

*CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY, April 20th.  *The museum and gift shop are

also available for visits most Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday mornings

between 10:00 and Noon.  Please call ahead on those days 225-7221.

*Sunday, May 4* 

Greece Museum, *"The War on Our Shores 1812-1814"* The Greece

Historical Society will debut a new exhibit to mark the 

two hundredth anniversary of the War of 1812. The exhibit

will examine the four visits by the British to Greece's eight-miles

along the shore between 1812 and 1814, most significantly on May 14, 1814.

*Tuesday, May 13*, 7:00 p.m., Greece Town Hall

*American Songs: From the 1890's to the Post-War Years"

by Michael Lasser

*Tuesday, June 10*, 7:00 p.m., Greece Town Hall

"Early Settlers & Settlements"

by Jeff Ludwig

If you missed our March 11th program 

"Heroes in the Attic" 

by Dennis Bielewicz. The Gates Historical Society will be presenting

the same program on Monday April 21, 7:00 p.m. at the Gates

Town Hall Annex 1605 Buffalo Rd, Rochester, NY 14624 

http://www.gateshistory.org/

visit our web-site

**  http://www.greecehistoricalsociety.net  ** 

or look for us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/Greecehistoricalsociety

   If you are not already a member of the Greece Historical Society,

please consider joining. Your membership will help support the

programs and exhibits of the Society & Museum.  Membership

applications are available at our museum and on our website at *

*http://greecehistoricalsociety.net/membership/