Members of the Restoration Organization decorated the Seward-Mapes Homestead, located at 35 North Main St. in the Village of Florida for the Fourth of July. According to its web site: “The Seward and Mapes Homestead presents a rare opportunity in historic preservation to focus on the lives and accomplishments of two men deeply engaged in the American Civil War on different levels – one as Secretary of State (William Henry Seward) in the Lincoln Administration and the other as a Union soldier (William E. Mapes) in the illustrious 124th New York State volunteer regiment that fought in many horrific battles from Manassas Gap to Appomattox.” To find out more, visit sewardhomestead.org. Photo provided by Beth Fuller.
