1794 CANANDAIGUA TREATY
COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE, INC.
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Chairman |
CANANDAIGUA TREATY |
Co-Chair |
"BRIGHTEN THE CHAIN OF FRIENDSHIP"
PRESS RELEASE
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ON NOVEMBER 11, 2006 OVER TWO CENTURIES OF LASTING PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP WILL BE COMMEMORATED IN THE CITY OF CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF THE IROQUOIS SIX NATIONS. THIS ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE OF THE SIGNING OF THE CANANDAIGUA TREATY WILL TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF THE ONTARIO COUNTY COURT HOUSE AT 2 PM. THE ORIGINAL 1794 TREATY WAS SIGNED BY TIMOTHY PICKERING, AGENT FOR THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND FIFTY SACHEMS, CHIEFS AND WARRIORS OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. A PARADE WILL PRECEDE THE COMMEMORATION. THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE HISTORIC EVENTS. DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, A DINNER AND SOCIAL WILL BE HELD AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL ON WEST GIBSON STREET. |
Bruce Stewart
Ontario County Historical
Society
bstewart@ochs.org
(585)
394-4975
1794 Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Committee
PO Box 1131,
Canandaigua, NY 14424
The 1794 Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Committee Is a not for profit organization.