Rochester Lilac Festival 2024 - Opening day!

The Rochester Lilac Festival is back today as dozens of people will flock to enjoy the festivities.

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For the foolish people mindlessly screaming “Free Palestine” during the parade, get educated: 1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, NOT a Palestine State. 2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 3. Before The Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic State of Mamluks of Egypt, NOT a Palestine State. 4. Before the Islamic State Of Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish empire, NOT a Palestine State. 5. Before the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, NOT a Palestine State. 6. Before the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was Umyyad and Fatimid Empires, NOT a Palestine State. 7. Before the Umyyad and Fatimid Empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Sassanids Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 9. Before the Sassanids Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean State, NOT a Palestine State. 12. Before the Hasmonean State, there was the Seleucid Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 13. Before the Seleucid Empire, there was the Empire Of Alexander The Great, NOT a Palestine State. 14. Before the Empire Of Alexander The Great, there was the Persian Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, NOT a Palestine State. 16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there was the Kingdoms of Isreal and Judah, NOT a Palestine State. 17. Before the Kingdoms of Isreal and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Isreal, NOT a Palestine State. 18. Before the Kingdom Of Isreal, there was the Therocracy of the Twelve Tribes of Isreal, NOT a Palestine State. 19. Before the Therocracy of the Twelve Tribes Of Isreal, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite City Kingdoms, NOT a Palestine State. In all its history THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PALESTINE STATE but this piece of land has been under the rule of and been occupied by various rulers and kingdoms.