Churches urged to ring bells on April 15 at noon for county’s bicentennial
Photo by Tom Rivers: These three churches in Albion all have bell towers including Christ Episcopal in front at St. Joseph’s Catholic, back left, and the First Baptist Church, back right.
ALBION – The Orleans County Bicentennial Committee is urging churches across the county to ring their bells at noon on April 15 for a minute.
The county will be celebrating its 200th anniversary with a celebration starting at noon in the county courthouse on April15. The courthouse bell also will be rung for a minute beginning at 12 p.m.
Orleans is marking the 200th anniversary of when it was formally established by the State Legislature on April 15, 1825. Orleans used to be part of Genesee County but split off and formed its owned county on 1825 with 10 towns – Albion, Barre, Carlton, Clarendon, Gaines, Kendall, Murray, Ridgeway, Shelby and Yates.
