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George Cleveland, left, grandson of late President Grover Cleveland, listens to Jim Ostrowski, founder of Free Buffalo, explain his plans to open the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library in Buffalo, on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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The former Fairfield Library is the potential site of the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library as seen here in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, March 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse, of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be concealed or disclosed, or disclosed in such parts & at such times as will best suit particular views; and because the body of the people are less capable of judging & are more under the influence of prejudices, on that branch of their affairs, than of any other. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
— James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson [1798]
Many times people tell me “that was a different time” when I advocate a return to our original Constitutional values. After reading a quote like this, I am even more convinced that our country is on the wrong track. Madison was a genius and quite prophetic.
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WGRZ covers Free New York Inc.’s plans for a Grover Cleveland Presidential Library and Museum. The news video is here. Click here for more details on Wednesday’s Grover Cleveland Tour and the fundraiser later in the day.
The last big-city mayor to become President of the United States came from Buffalo in 1885.
Now, one group wants to tell his story and remember his accomplishments.
“For a peace-time president, he dominated national politics for twelve years,” said Buffalo historian Tim Tielman. “That’s something.”
There’s now a grassroots effort to create a Grover Cleveland Presidential Library and Museum. Even Grover Cleveland’s grandson is in town to help out.
George Cleveland told 2 On Your Side, “It was a long time ago, and if you go by my age, I shouldn’t be the grandson. But we dropped two generations because my grandfather married my grandmother when he was 48 and she was 21. My father did the same thing.”
George Cleveland is meeting with those behind the plans for the presidential library and museum. It’s only in the early stages, but the group wants to have its home at the vacant Fairfield Library.
“The idea would be to combine scholarly functions with exhibits,” said Tielman.
Grover Cleveland was said to be brutally honest, hardworking and ahead of his time in a time of change unlike ever before. “By the time Grover Cleveland left the White House, we had skyscrapers, we had street cars, we had trains that could go 70 to 80 miles an hour,” said Tielman. “And by the time Cleveland died, the automobile had arrived. Now, imagine trying to control that economic and social change.”
Those behind this plan say the library and museum is a chance to look back at what this sometimes forgotten man did. And how he shaped the country and city we live in.
“This is where he spent so much of his time,” his teeth on public service,” says George Cleveland. “And this is where his family was for many, many years so it makes total sense.”
On Wednesday, George Cleveland will attend a sightseeing tour to view some historic places affiliated with his grandfather. A fundraiser for the museum is scheduled for Wednesday night.
Source: WGRZ News - Presidential Library In The Works
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