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Among Dean Jermy’s many acts of community service in and around Homer, NY is a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on the village green on the Fourth of July, and securing a landmark designation for Andrew Dickson White’s birth home on Main Street.
Drowned in a deep river by her lover in 1807, Naomi Wise's story lives on as people come to visit the Randleman marker, sharing the tale that has been known locally for hundreds of years. Folklore expresses the heart and identity behind a community's stories, music, and other knowledge that one generation passes to another. Organizations such as the William G. Pomeroy Foundation offer to construct highway signs observing those stories from local communities, including Randolph County's famous Naomi Wise tale. The foundation's Legend & Lore Marker Grant Program promotes cultural tourism and commemorates legends and folklore as part of local heritage. Randolph County residents have been open about the Wise folklore, leading it to be the first marker of the program erected in 2019 by the North Randolph Historical Society and the City of Randleman.
Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. The Friends of the Three Bears announced a $4,400 Pomeroy Fund for NYS History award to improve technology and climate control at the newly designated Seneca County Tourism Office and the Papa Bear Cultural Center. The Pomeroy Fund for NYS History, a partnership between the William G. Pomeroy Foundation and Museum Association of New York (MANY), awarded an additional $50,000 to 14 history-related organizations to assist with urgent capital needs projects. In this highly competitive fourth round of urgent funding, 167 museums and historical societies submitted applications to support projects.