GENESEE COUNTY/Town of Stafford celebrates Founders Day to kick-off their 200th Anniversary

Video of ceremony

A handful of people gathered at Illette Park in the Town of Stafford on Tuesday afternoon to kick-off the Stafford Bicentennial.

Today is Founders Day for the town which was created in 1820.

NOTE/As of March 17, 2020, the Stafford Bicentennial Committee is regretfully postponing the planned activities for the Bicentennial Celebration. Please keep your postcard and keep checking the Town of Stafford website for details.

Stafford Bicentennial Events Schedule (tentative)

  • Founders Day – March 24

  • Square Dance with Kelly’s Old Timers – April 17 @ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

  • Mother’s Day BBQ – May 10 @ Stafford Fireman’s Hall

  • Landmark Society Home & Cemetery Tour – June 14

  • Stafford Fireman’s Father’s Day Car Show – June 20 @ Stafford Fireman’s Grounds

  • Taste of Stafford – July 9 @ Illette Park

  • “The Busineses of Stafford”Dinner & Presentation – July 16 @ Red Osier Landmark Restaurant

  • 34th Annual WNY Antique Truck Show – August 1-2 @ Stafford Fireman’s Grounds

  • Chicken & Biscuit Dinner – September 24 @ Stafford Methodist Church

  • Bicentennial Dinner Dance – October 17 @ Stafford Country Club

  • 100th Anniversary of Women’s First Vote – November 3 @ Stafford Town Hall

  • Community Thanksgiving Hymn Sing – November 7 @ Morganville United Church of Christ

  • An Evening with Melinda Groub “100th Anniversary of Women Going to the Polls to Vote” – November 11 @ Stafford Town Hall

  • Christmas Tree Lighting – December 5 @ Illette Park

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