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Relic at St. Stanislaus Kostka in Rochester, NY - Featured Image

June 4 2013

The Relic of Pope John Paul II at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church

Finger Lakes Region Monroe County, Rochester

The historic Polish church of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Rochester is home to a relic of Pope John Paul II Intro by Chris Clemens Early in the days of this blog we visited St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Rochester, NY. The church is a beautiful work of art in what was once the Polish neighborhood […]

This Day In Upstate History

1901 New York becomes the first state to require license plates on automobiles

1936 A radio beacon is activated at the Oswego Lighthouse station that is synchronized with the fog signal for distance finding.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to allow shipping

2009 The fifth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, features guests Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. This would be the final year that the convention is only a single day--all following events would be two-days.

2010 The second and final day of the sixth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology. This would be the first year that the event was two days instead of one. The event featured guests Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West and approximately 2,500 were in attendance.