Tioughnioga Chapter, NSDAR Inc.

06/19/2026

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VIRGIL OLD HOME DAYS--We celebrate America's 250th!

Saturday • July 18, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM at the Virgil Community Center 1208 Church St, Virgil NY (the old school)

Featuring Storyteller and Cultural Educator — Perry Ground (Turtle Clan, Onondaga)
"STORIES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE" 12pm - 1pm
Admission is Free

Family Fun
• Kids’ Games and Activities
• Crafts and Demonstrations
• Historical Photo Booth
• Virgil Historical Society Exhibits
• Cookies, Candy, Popcorn for Sale

AND THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES…
Just up the road starting at 2 PM at the Firehouse, 1195 W State Rd, Virgil

VIRGIL FIRE DEPARTMENT’S 100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 2-10PM
• Bounce Houses-- free!
• Food & Refreshments
• Miniature Golf-- free!
• Entertainment & Live Bands-- free!
• Parade at 5 PM featuring a bagpipe band and area fire departments
• Fireworks at Dark

Come and enjoy a full day of hometown summer magic!

06/06/2026

05/26/2026

Chapter Regent Laurie Tebbe lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance at Marathon’s Memorial Day Service. American Legion Commander Kevin Moore is also seen in the photo.

05/24/2026

🇺🇸 A Memorial Day Reminder 🇺🇸

As parades, ceremonies, and moments of remembrance take place across our nation, let us remember what this day truly asks of us.

When the American Flag 🇺🇸 passes by, please stand. Remove your hat. Place your right hand over your heart. Pause your conversations. Veterans may render a hand salute.

These small acts matter.

They teach our children that the flag is not just fabric — it carries the memory of those who served, sacrificed, and never returned home.

Memorial Day is not simply the start of summer. It is a solemn day of remembrance for the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

At Taps for Veterans, we honor that promise through 24 notes — sounded live, with dignity, reverence, and gratitude.

May we never forget.

24 Notes. One Final Promise.
www.tapsforveterans.org

Taps Across America 🇺🇸
American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters
Taps Bugler
Honor Flight Network
Memorial Taps
National American Legion Riders
Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center
The American Legion National Headquarters

05/20/2026

We got over 10 reactions on one of our posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

05/14/2026

Marathon Area Historical Society sponsored a presentation by George Cummings, Revolutionary War Re-enactor. Very interesting! Highly recommend him!

05/09/2026

Patriot Burial Marker Dedication at Virgil Rural Cemetery Virgil, NY

05/09/2026

Patriot Burial Marker Dedication at the Highland Cemetery Lapeer, NY

04/30/2026

223 years ago today, two American diplomats in Paris signed a treaty that doubled the size of the United States — without authorization, without instructions, and without any idea whether their president would approve. They had been sent to buy a city. They came home with a continent. 🗺️🎖️🇺🇸
The date was April 30, 1803. The two Americans were Robert Livingston and James Monroe. The man who had sent them was Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson had sent them to Paris with one mission — buy New Orleans. The city sat at the mouth of the Mississippi River and controlled access to every farm and trading post in the American interior. Whoever owned New Orleans owned the commerce of half a continent. France had just acquired it from Spain and Jefferson was terrified. He wrote: There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans.
He authorized them to spend up to ten million dollars for the city alone.
Then Napoleon changed everything.
His army in Haiti had been destroyed by yellow fever and a slave rebellion. A new war with Britain was coming. He needed money. He needed it immediately. On April 11 his treasury minister walked into Livingston's dining room and offered him not just New Orleans but the entire Louisiana Territory — eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand square miles stretching from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains — for fifteen million dollars.
Livingston and Monroe looked at each other.
They had no authority to buy the whole territory. Their instructions said New Orleans only. Jefferson was six weeks away by ship — there was no way to ask him. The offer might vanish tomorrow.
They signed.
For fifteen million dollars — roughly four cents an acre — the United States acquired the land that would become fifteen states. Missouri. Arkansas. Iowa. Kansas. Nebraska. Oklahoma. The Dakotas. Montana. Wyoming. Colorado. Everything between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
When Jefferson heard the news he was simultaneously overjoyed and terrified. The Constitution said nothing about a president's power to purchase territory. He had always been a strict constructionist. He briefly considered a constitutional amendment to legalize the deal.
His cabinet talked him out of it. The Senate ratified it in October by a vote of twenty-four to seven.
Livingston stood in the Paris room after he signed and said: We have lived long — but this is the noblest work of our whole lives.
He was right.
Four cents an acre. A continent.
223 years ago today.