The Seward House still stands tall!

Seward House

The sage of Auburn lived here,

Among the books and fine adornments.

Was Miller’s home for many years,

Filled with history and refinements.

Scene of dinners, fetes and friends

Who ruled New York in years past.

Weed, an honored often guest,

As well as all the famous rest.

The Shakers..Niskayuna - their home still a vision of the simple life!

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Waterveliet Shaker Village (Niskayuna)

Mother Ann Lee came here to find a new home for her "people".  The Shakers would indeed succeed and make many homes throughout the United States.

Ann is buried here and so are many of her followers, though each cemetery marker is the same.... and unless you read each stone you cannot find hers.

How simple and yet how fitting for those who treasured a simple life.  A life minus lust & temtations, simple and honest ...a life lived as a Gift to God!

Today we remember her and her followers....and perhaps today we need this simple lifestyle to come back and save the world from itself!