Unveiling July 9th 1 PM
Activities at Tennie Burton Museum
History of South Lima by Rob Thompson
New Date Saturday, February 19, 2022, 11am-2pm.
At Lima Public Library. Co-Sponsored by Lima Historical Society and Friends of Lima Public Library.
Talk by Rob Thompson on his new book Adios-History of South Lima. Introduces the reader to many unknown facts of South Lima, from the Seneca to its founding and the mystery of ‘The Bucket of Blood.’ Rob Thompson’s well researched compilation and profound use of rich imagery delivers readers back to a far simpler time when time itself was more unconditional.
Lima Downtown Mural Meeting
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 12pm – 2pm
Time changed to 12 to 2PM for in person meeting at Town Hall. Also available by Zoom. Please keep checking our website for link to Zoom access.
Meeting at the Lima Town Hall to review artists’ proposals for Lima’s downtown mural to be painted this summer. Your vote will help determine what the mural will be.
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary by Doug Morgan – Zoom Talk
Thursday, January 6, 2022, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
The Honeoye Falls/Mendon Historical Society is sponsoring a richly illustrated Zoom talk on the history of Lima’s GWS by Doug Morgan . To get access through zoom link go to: hfmhistorical.org on or after January 1st.
Jeremiah’s Hunger: the Roots of Irish Immigrants in Lima by Elizabeth Osta – YouTube Recording of Zoom Presentation Recording
Tuesday, November 16th 7 PM
Zoom LHS Annual Meeting and Program – Sunday, May 16th at 2 PM
The Real Underground Railroad
By Tim McDonnell
Speakers’ Bureau
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT
We have an exciting, illustrated program on a topic that we in Lima have often mused about— possible involvement of 19th century Lima residents in the Underground Railroad. On May 16th, Tim McDonnell, a very popular speaker on the RIT Osher Speakers’ Bureau, and an adjunct associate professor at Monroe Community College, will be speaking about the Real Underground Railroad in our region.
He will talk about how this loosely-organized “conspiracy” against slavery operated before the Civil War. Since New York has a long border with Canada, our state was the important last “station” on the way to freedom. Tim will discuss the routes used by the “conductors,” including routes that led through Livingston County. He will talk about the men and women of the Underground Railroad (UGRR), some famous and most not. Since they were breaking federal laws, this was not an enterprise without danger, both to the runaways (or “Freedom Seekers”) and to the people who assisted them. Tim will conclude his talk with a discussion of why the Underground Railroad is important in the 21st century. The illustration above shows the Freedom Statue in Lewiston, NY on the Niagara River, with Canada in the background. This was the last stop on the UGRR for many formerly-enslaved people.
VIEW A RECORDING OF THE PRESENTATION BELOW