1627 Monroe Ave. (M&T Bank) [Photo: David Kramer, 10/29/20] By chance, in 2018 when visiting Brighton High School, I discovered that Edward R. Crone Jr. Class of 1941 fought and died in World War Two. The discovery led me to learn that Crone was the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut’s fictional character Billy Pilgrim in his … Continue reading At his boyhood home site, Historic Brighton dedicates Marker to Edward Crone, Brighton War Hero and Famous Fictional Protagonist