Colby Photo Albums Off To Library Of Congress
Even though he is buried in Bemus Point Cemetery, his legacy lives on at Long Point State Park, in the town of Ellery.
Bainbridge Colby, was the Secretary of State during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency and promoted what was to become the Good Neighbor Policy. According to historians.org, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the policy its name in March 1933, when he stated in his first inaugural address.
Colby retired to Bemus Point and died there in 1950.