Escape from Slavery and Life in Little Falls
Addison and Lucinda Phillips, a Black family, lived most of their adult lives here beginning in mid-1863, raised their nine children here, and are buried locally.
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Addison and Lucinda Phillips, a Black family, lived most of their adult lives here beginning in mid-1863, raised their nine children here, and are buried locally.
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June 14th Flag Day brought a special event to Ward Square, the Agent Orange Commemorative Monument was dedicated.
Thursday June 5th brought a remarkable program to Little Falls Public Library with Steven Davis of the New York Labor History Association.
The LITTLE FALLS HISTORIC ENTRY will be formally dedicated at a ceremony on East Main Street at the bottom of Ward Squareat 10:00 AM on June 19th.
Lafayette visits Herkimer Home State Historic Site and Benton’s Landing in Little Falls on June 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Presented by the New York Labor History Association and Little Falls Historical Society at the Little Falls Public Library, 10 Waverly Place, Little Falls, NY, 13365. Free admission!
Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society co-hosted a very successful Patriots Day event on Saturday, May 24, as part of Herkimer Home’s 2025 season-opening, afternoon-long Living History event.
The official dedication ceremony for the Little Falls Historic Entry’s historic markers and related signage along East Main Street will take place sometime in early June.
The Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society will co-host a Patriots Day event at Herkimer Home beginning at 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 24.
By appointment only after October 4, 2025 until May 2026.
SPECIAL DATES:
OPEN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 9-2
OPEN FOR CHRISTMAS IN LITTLE FALLS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH
