Samuel Manning Welch

This statue of Samuel Manning Welch is located in Niagara Square in Buffalo, NY
Brief history:
Samuel Manning Welch, 1851 – 1919, Citizen, Soldier; 1879 – 1915, Served in the National Guard of New York; 1887 – 1911, Colonel 65th Infantry; 1898, Colonel 65th New York Volunteer Infantry in Spanish American War; 1911 – 1915, Brigadier General 4th Brigade N.G.N.Y., Brevet Major General. This tribute to him as a man and patriot is made by his comrades and friends.

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Quote of the Day:
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
Mother Teresa

Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY.

This is a picture of Lafayette Square, in Buffalo, NY. that I took around 7:00a.m. on a Sunday morning.  The light was nice and there was no one around.
Brief History:
Lafayette Square (formerly Court House Park or Courthouse Square is a park in the center of downtown Buffalo, Erie County, new York , United States that hosts a Civil War monument. The block, which was once square, is lined by many of the city’s tallest buildings. The square was named for General Lafayette, who visited Buffalo in 1825.

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Quote of the Day:
”Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”
— Henry Van Dyke