1919 – 2019 The American LegionandHiscock-Fishbaugh Post 788 100 Years of ServicetoParma and the Nation Join the Parma Hilton Historical SocietyonNovember 11, 2019 at 7 pmfor a presentation byKyle Mullen, Adjutant Our monthly meetings are held in the court/board roomstarting at 7 pm in theParma Town Hall 1300 Hilton Parma Corners RoadLight refreshments and…
Published in the Westside News (Spencerport, New York) on November 11, 2012 James Billings enlisted in May 1775 in Stonington, Connecticut and served six months as a private in Captain James Eldredge’s Company, Colonel Samuel H. Parsons’ Regiment. He re-enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain…
Written by David Crumb, Parma Town Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) August 18, 2014 The spark that ignited the “Great War’ of 100 years ago better known today as World War I happened in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914. Gavrilo Princep, an angry Serbian student, fired several shots on…