From Wikipedia.
I must admit some confusion while writing the recent posts between the area sometimes being called Sodus Point and sometmes Sodus. Evidently, Sodus Point is a section of the town of Sodus, which had a population in 2010 of 8,384.
It is halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, New York.
Members of the Shakers settled in the early town, but moved away when the began to feel that Sodus was becoming too worldly.
Sodus claims to be the birthplace of Arbor Day, established by Sodus native Edward C. Delano.
Among people listed as notable from there is Union Civil War General Gordon Granger. He achieved fame during the war and when it ended, he was given command of the Department of Texas. On June 19, 1865, in the city of Galveston, he read to the people his General Order No. 3 which proclaimed that all slaves were free.
This is where all this Juneteenth stuff comes from.
Perhaps we need a new federal holiday to honor Gen. Granger for bringing the freedom message to Texas.
--Brock-Perry
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