Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/letter-from-washington/page/2/)
The second half of our “Made in Rochester” tour of the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., includes a movable school chair, three Kodak cameras, a “candlestick” telephone and a very special red silk shawl.
Visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., can see a number of items—often both beautiful and important—whose roots can be traced to Rochester.
An artifact of the Lincoln assassination illustrates the powerful way real objects can connect us to the history that shapes our lives.
Monument Academy Public Charter School in northeast D.C., one of just a tiny handful of urban charter boarding schools in the country, is still relatively new. The results are impressive, however.
At 35, Rachel Bovard—who grew up in Dansville—has become a leading strategist and voice on the right in America. In a conversation, she reflects on her Rochester-area roots and what life is like in 2019 for a young conservative woman in the nation’s capital.
The Village movement’s mutual support nonprofits are designed to help seniors live independently while combatting isolation and loneliness. Nationwide, there are 250 Villages, but none in Rochester—yet.
Creators of the “Impossible Burger” have a Brighton native on staff. Dr. David J. Lipman, whose father founded Lipman’s Kosher Market, is its chief science officer.