Buffalo Presidential Center

05/31/2026

Trustee Courtney Speckman will present!

05/21/2026

On May 20, 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Buffalo to give a speech at the Pan-American Exposition.

Revisit The Buffalo News' "When presidents came to Buffalo" gallery here: https://buffalonews.com/multimedia/collection_9aa7969a-7bba-54d4-aa67-140202973cc5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_The_Buffalo_News

05/11/2026

Freddie Happy, an elementary school student at East Aurora's Immaculate Conception School, was a part of the winning team at the Buffalo Presidential Center's Kids Trivia Contest on May 3.

After registering, participating teams, who were in grades 3 through 5, were sent a set of presidential flashcards with fun and interesting facts about all 45 presidents to prepare for the Jeopardy-style contest against local historians, who did not have access to the flashcards. The team of eight students beat the historians - answering every question correctly.

04/26/2026

04/26/2026

Monday, April 27, 2026, marks the 161st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral "obsequies" in Buffalo. There were actually TWO events when the city honored the slain president. The first was a “mock funeral” on April 19, 1865, the same day services and processions were held in Washington D.C. and other cities around the country. Eight days later his funeral train stopped in Buffalo’s St. James Hall where 80,000 – 100,000 people viewed Lincoln’s body in an open casket.

I invite you to visit the Buffalo Presidential Center on the second floor of the Buffalo Erie County Public Library from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays in through May 9th. You will have an opportunity to view several rare Lincoln mourning artifacts on display and learn more about these events from our docents.

Of special attention in the museum’s exhibit is a special Dinner Bill of Fare at the Mansion House honoring Lincoln on April 27, 1865. Note the menu and the wine list. I can’t imagine many of those leaflets survived.

04/25/2026

Trustee Jeff Schober gave an enlightening and relevant talk about Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery and the honesty of the press. Trustees Brigance, Francis and Feraldi joined him at the Aurora Historical Society speaker series.
Check out our Speakers Bureau on our website for a wealth of topics available!

04/12/2026

The Aurora Historical Society continues its Speaker Series on Thursday, April 23rd with Jeff Schober, trustee of the Buffalo Presidential Center, author of Growing Up Gronk and Bike Path Ra**st, retired teacher and blogger at BuffaloTales.net. Schober will explore the topic, “When ‘Fake News is True’,” discussing how President Grover Cleveland covered up his second term and maneuvered to discredit the journalist who reported the truth

All are welcome at the Aurora Senior Center at King and Oakwood in East Aurora . Doors open at 6:30 and the program begins at 7.

Become and support the efforts of the Aurora Historical Society by becoming a member at aurorahistoricalsociety.com!

04/04/2026

Doing the scavenger hunt at the Buffalo Presidential Center!

03/27/2026

Lincoln Exhibit
Early in the morning hours of April 27, 1865, Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train arrived at Buffalo’s Exchange Street Station. After a 1.5-mile procession through the streets of downtown, it stopped at St. James Hall (M&T Plaza today) where his body lay in state from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. An estimated 80,000-100,000 people viewed his open casket that day. In commemoration this April, visitors to the Buffalo Presidential Center can view some rare artifacts from that event, along with some interesting memorial objects.

03/03/2026

He was so good we are bringing him back! Wouldn't you love to hear Secret Service details about the Clintons and more?