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Talker declares Biden to be election winner; Joe joins the Presidential Visits to Rochester series
Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the critical role community colleges play in filling...
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Edward R. Crone Jr. (aka Billy Pilgrim) remembered at the Brighton Veterans Memorial in Buckland Park
Matthew Bashore, Brighton Veterans Memorial in Buckland Park, 11/11/20 [Photo: Maya Giron, RIT...
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Esperanza Mansion: Plantation or Site of Conscience?
Text and original photography by George Cassidy Payne Before I booked a one-night getaway with my...
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At his boyhood home site, Historic Brighton dedicates Marker to Edward Crone, Brighton War Hero and Famous Fictional Protagonist
1627 Monroe Ave. (M&T Bank) [Photo: David Kramer, 10/29/20] By chance, in 2018 when visiting...
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Atop Cobb’s Hill, the Magic 8 Ball is asked: “Will the world end on Thursday?”
Vindication! Dressed as a Magic 8 Ball, I get the results from the question. [Photo: a Millerite] ...
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Remembering the Legacy of Belva Lockwood
In the Belva Lockwood Memorial and garden on Griswold Road in Royalton, NY. (Photos: George...
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75 years ago when Imperial Japan surrendered and the Timeline at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Highland Park
(top) Timeline pieces from the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Highland Park. Above August 14th, 1945,...
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The 2020 Republican National Convention and William Jennings Bryan’s speech at Brown’s Square, August 26th, 1896
West Main St from Art Work of Rochester the Flower City, 1896. Banners showing Republican...
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Long Before Juneteenth, There Was the First of August
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Rochester by Michael J. Nighan To many of us, the First...
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Stamping on Rochester and Susan B.
1936 Anthony Stamp First Day of Issue Cover. Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage...
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The Rochester Rescuer: Prof. Henry Peck and the “Oberlin Saints” Challenge the Fugitive Slave Act
Peck Family monument, Mount Hope Cemetery [Photo: David Kramer, 7/12/20]. Except where indicated,...
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Trekking After Thoreau
Text and images by George Cassidy Payne Born in Concord, Massachusetts (1817-62), Henry David...
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Celebrating the 120th Otis Day and finding the site of the General’s farmhouse in Gates
Mt. Hope Cemetery, 6/5/20. David Kramer at the grave site of Major General Elwell Stephen Otis...
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On the day to remember its fallen, Brightonian Slagana Avramoska Mitris reflects on what Memorial Day means to her.
May 9, 2020, Brighton Town Hall. Slagana Avramoska Mitris on the bench honoring Army Chief Warrant...
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Fear and Loathing in DC: Inside Hunter S. Thompson’s Last Book Tour
You met Karen Nozik, Brighton High School ’81, in her piece on Rochester Art Supply, This is...
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With unemployment reaching Great Depression levels, looking at May Days past in Rochester
Workers United: Rochester Regional Joint Board, 750 East Avenue, May Day, 2020. David Kramer...
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Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Donald Trump
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2019
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] Last Saturday, the first day of...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S BIRTHDAY:” Five years and counting
On September 28th, 2016 with “Ode to the Talker”, we launched what has become perhaps...
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The election of 2024 could be a replay of 1844
Davy Crockett (center), lifting his famous rifle Betsy, tries to beat off the Mexican troop...
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