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Colby Photo Albums Off To Library Of Congress

Here are two presentation albums for Bainbridge Colby ready to be sent to the Library of Congress. Submitted photos

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.

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