Cemetery Tours & Presentations
UPCOMING TOURS & PRESENTATIONS:
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PAST TOURS & PRESENTATIONS:
May 27, 2023 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery
March 28, 2023 – Pittsford’s Lomb Connection presentation at the Spiegel Pittsford Community Center
August 30, 2022 – Erie Canal Trivia at the Spiegel Pittsford Community Center
August 27, 2022 – Erie Canal Cemetery Tour at Pittsford Cemetery
May 17, 2022 – Erie Canal Virtual Cemetery Tour in person for the Perinton Historical Society
May 1, 2021 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery
November 15, 2020 ZOOM – Illuminating Civil War Nurse Mary Jewett Telford virtual presentation co-sponsored by the Henrietta Historical Society and the Henrietta Public Library
Monday, December 14, 2020 ZOOM – Perinton’s Cemeteries virtual presentation for the Fairport Historical Club
October 13, 2020 ZOOM – Eight Brave Civil War Soldiers: Past Meets the Present when Fourth Graders Honor the Fallen in Pittsford virtual presentation co-sponsored by the Greece Historical Society and the New York Archives Partnership Trust
May 31, 2019 – Civil War Soldiers of Pittsford presentation for Barker Road Middle School students
May 4, 2019 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery
March 21, 2019 – Lasting Legacies: Three People Who Preserved Civil War History presentation for the Rochester Genealogical Society
March 19, 2019 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Perinton Historical Society
September 25, 2018 – Pittsford Architecture walking tour for the Thornell Road Fourth Graders
September 24, 2018 – Pittsford Architecture presentation for the Thornell Road Fourth Graders
September 17, 2018 – Civil War Soldiers of Fairport presentation for the Fairport Historical Club
June 7, 2018 – Pittsford History presentation for Jefferson Road Elementary Second Graders
May 5, 2018 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery
February 12, 2018 – Interesting Women of Fairport presentation for First Congregational United Church of Christ Evening Circle
November 20, 2017 – Lasting Legacies: Three People Who Preserved Civil War History presentation for Mountain Rise United Church of Christ
October 12, 2017 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for PEO Chapter BB
September 18, 2017 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for Fairport Historical Club
June 19, 2017 – Walking Tour of South Main Street, Pittsford
May 9, 2017 – The DeLands: Fairport’s First Family presentation for First Congregational United Church of Christ Morning Circle
May 9, 2017 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery
March 13, 2017 – Lasting Legacies: Three People Who Preserved Civil War History presentation for Caleb Hopkins Chapter, NSDAR
March 9, 2017 – Fun and Fascinating Facts About Fairport presentation for the Greenbrier Garden Club
November 14, 2016 – Interesting Women of Fairport & Perinton presentation for the Fairport Historical Club
October 30, 2016 – Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
September 22, 2016 – Illuminated History: Monroe County’s Civil War Soldiers…and One Civil War Nurse presentation for The Highlands at Pittsford
September 19, 2016 – Illuminated History: Civil War Soldiers of Monroe County presentation for the Gates Historical Society
June 21, 2016 – Tour of Mount Pleasant Cemetery sponsored by the Perinton Historical Society
May 21, 2016 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery sponsored by Historic Pittsford
May 15, 2016 – Images of Pittsford Presentation sponsored by Historic Pittsford
March 10, 2016 – Tour of Gatsby’s Gala: Fashions from the Roaring Twenties costume exhibit at the Fairport Historical Museum for the Greenbrier Garden Club
February 17, 2016 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Calvin Guild, Third Presbyterian Church of Rochester
February 9, 2016 – Illuminated History: Influential Women of Fairport presentation for the First Congregational Church Women’s Morning Circle
November 1, 2015 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
October 5, 2015 – Illuminated History: Fairport’s Civil War Soldiers presentation for Fairport Rotary Club
June 16, 2015 – Illuminated History Tour of Three Historic Perinton Cemeteries
May 16, 2015 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
January 14, 2015 – Illuminated History: Monroe County’s Civil War Soldiers…and One Civil War Nurse presentation for the Retired Professionals’ Society
January 9, 2015 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Pittsford Optimists Club
June 17, 2014 – Illuminated History Tour of Greenvale Rural Cemetery in Fairport, New York
May 17, 2014 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
May 16, 2014 – Illuminated History: Decades of I Do: Wedding Gowns of the 20th Century presentation for Chapter U, P.E.O. Sisterhood
March 27, 2014 – Illuminated History: Civil War Soldiers of Monroe County presentation for Legacy at The Fairways
March 11, 2014 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the First Congregational Church Morning Circle
March 10, 2014 – Meet the Director of the Fairport Historical Museum presentation for the Fairport Historical Club
December 7, 2013 – Pittsford Book Signing at Fairport Library
November 2, 2013 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
September 6, 2013 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for Chapter U, P.E.O. Sisterhood
July 14, 2013 – Book Signing for Pittsford at the Historic Pittsford Annual Meeting & Picnic
June 21, 2013 – Book Signing for Pittsford at Barnes & Noble in Pittsford Plaza
June 18, 2013 – Illuminated History: Tour of Elmwood Cemetery in Fairport, New York
June 14, 2013 – Illuminated History: The Civil War Soldiers of Pittsford presentation for the Pittsford Optimists Club
June 3, 2013 – Vicki’s book, Pittsford, published by Arcadia Publishing in their “Images of America” series
Beautiful Pittsford, New York, is the subject of this photographic history by Audrey Maxfield Johnson and Vicki Masters Profitt. The book was released by Arcadia Publishing on June 3, 2013, and features over 200 images of life in Pittsford. Many of the photos have never been published, and were shared by descendants of some of Pittsford’s earliest families. Pittsford is available for sale at Historic Pittsford’s Little House located at 18 Monroe Avenue in Pittsford, Barnes & Noble, Wegmans and on Amazon.com.
May 18, 2013 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
May 2, 2013 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Irondequoit Historical Society
February 10, 2013 – Illuminated History: The Civil War Soldiers of Fairport presentation for the Perinton Historical Society Children’s Program
November 18, 2012 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Rochester Central Library’s “Rochester Rich History” Series
October 8, 2012 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
October 13, 2012 – Pioneer Burying Ground Tour in Pittsford, New York
September 26, 2012 – Illuminated History: Monroe County’s Civil War Soldiers at Antietam for the Fairport Public Library
June 19, 2012 – Illuminated History: Tour of South Perinton Cemetery and Dedication Ceremony for Civil War Nurse Mary Jewett Telford
May 19, 2012 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
March 22, 2012 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the SUNY FLCC History Club
January 12, 2012 – Illuminated History presentation for the Naomi Circle PEO
November 20, 2011 – Illuminated History: Shining a Light on our Civil War Soldiers presentation for the Henrietta Historical Society
October 30, 2011 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
October 17, 2011 – Illuminated History presentation for the First Presbyterian Church Ladies Circle
September 19, 2011 – Illuminated History: Mary Jewett Telford, Civil War Nurse presentation for the Geneva Historical Society
June 14, 2011 – Tour of Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Fairport, New York, for the Perinton Historical Society
May 21, 2011 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
May 16, 2011 – Illuminated History presentation for the 5th Graders at Jefferson Road Elementary School
May 7, 2011 – Tour of Greenvale Cemetery in Fairport, New York, in conjunction with the Perinton Historical Society and the Fairport-Perinton Merchants Association Spring Fling
April 14, 2011 – Illuminated History: The Civil War Soldiers of Pittsford presentation for Historic Pittsford
March 7, 2011 – Illuminated History: The Civil War Soldiers of Perinton presentation for the Mountain Rise United Church of Christ Men’s Group
October 30, 2010 – Rayson-Miller Post 899: Illuminating Our Local Heroes presentation to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the American Legion Rayson-Miller Post 899 of Pittsford
October 16, 2010 – Pioneer Burying Ground Tour in Pittsford, New York
October 14, 2010 – Illuminated History Civil War Tour of Pittsford Cemetery for the Pittsford Central Schools Secondary Social Studies Teachers
September 23, 2010 – Illuminated History presentation for the Pittsford Central Schools Secondary Social Studies Teachers
June 8, 2010 – Civil War Soldiers of Perinton Greenvale Cemetery tour for the Perinton Historical Society
May 15, 2010 – Tour of Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, New York
January 19, 2010 – Illuminated History: Civil War Soldiers of Perinton presentation for the Perinton Historical Society
November 1, 2009 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
October 17, 2009 – Pioneer Burying Ground Tour in Pittsford, New York
May 16, 2009 – Civil War Soldiers of Pittsford tour at Pittsford Cemetery
November 2, 2008 – Historic Pittsford’s Day of the Dead program at Pioneer Burying Ground in Pittsford, New York
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August 2, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Vicki,
I will do my best to attend the tour at Pittsford Pioneer Cemetery.
Ron
June 15, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Vicki,
I read here that you have my ancestor Timothy Barnard listed as George Washington’s body guard. I wonder where that information is documented. In our family history there is information to indicate that he was a currier for GW, that he carried script to Valley Forge to pay the troops and was a personal friend of Marqui de Lafayett so the idea that he was a body guard for GW is not unreasonable but I had not heard that before.
June 15, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Hi James,
Our Pittsford Town Historian, Audrey Johnson, spoke about Timothy Barnard at our recent tour of Pittsford Cemetery. I do not know where she discovered that Timothy Barnard was George Washington’s bodyguard, but I will forward your email on to her. I’m sure she would love to exchange notes about your illustrious ancestor!
Best wishes,
Vicki