The Greece Historical Society & Museum
595 Long Pond Rd, Greece, NY 14612 :: (585) 225-7221
Featured Exhibit:
Boy Scouts - 100 Years
February 8th , 2010 was the anniversary of that founding.
The formation of the first scouting unit in the United States was started by William Boyce, a Chicago publisher. He heard of a fledgling Scout Organization in England while on a business trip. Upon his re-turn home, armed with Scout books, pamphlets, and more, he interested civic minded men in starting a Scouting Movement in the U.S. By the Fall of 1910 the first unit (certificate 222) in Rochester had been formed.
Our exhibit focuses on Scouting in the Greece area with many photo's and objects loaned by local scouts, past and present as well as important displays loaned by local units of the Seneca Waterways Council, B.S.A. (former Otetiana Council, B.S.A.)
The Scouting exhibit will run from February until the last weekend in June.