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The Fry Family: Black Pioneers of Gouverneur

Talk given by Bryan Thompson, DeKalb, NY Historian. September 23, 2021 at the Gouverneur Community Center.

  • The Fry family lived in Gouverneur for over 60 years. Who was Flora Fry? 

 

  • Why was she given a Gerritt Smith land grant when women in New York State would not be able to vote until 1918? 

 

  • What became of her four children raised in Gouverneur? 

 

  • Learn about an unrecognized black civil war veteran from Gouverneur. 

White marble texture with natural patter

30 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642
315-287-0570  |  315- 323-2654

Contact the Museum

Open from 1:PM - 3:PM on Wednesdays.

Open on Saturdays by appointment.
(Call Joe Laurenza at 315-323-2654
for a Saturday appointment.)

Masks and social distancing is encouraged. — Admission is always free. —

We welcome donations; make your check payable to "Gouverneur Museum."  

The museum has stair chairs to the exhibit floors for accessibility.
Wifi is enabled throughout.

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