ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE 2025
The Annual Meeting for Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation, Inc.(CAMP) will be held Friday July 25, 2025 starting at 2:00 PM. This meeting will be held at 302 Court St., Little Valley, NY 14755, inside the former Board of Elections portion of the Memorial Site.
This meeting will be held for the purpose of electing Board Directors and Officers of the Corporation; receiving annual reports from the Board and Officers; and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting. Anyone interested in CAMP’S efforts is encouraged to attend.
APPROVAL NOTICE
At the 198th meeting of the New York State Board for Historic Preservation held in Albany, NY on Wednesday March 12, 2025 the State Board APPROVED CAMP’S nomination for listing on the State Register of Historic Places.
An official letter from New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation announcing the State Register Listing for the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in Little Valley, NY will be sent to CAMP soon.
The Approved New York State Register Listing will be forwarded to the National Park Service for their review and approval of the listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Article by Deb Everts that appeared in the August 23, 2024 Olean Times Herald newspaper regarding CAMP’S 10 years of advocating for the Little Valley Civil War Memorial.
- October 4, 2017—CAMP purchased the Civil War Memorial Building site at auction
- August 25, 2018—CAMP hosted the 33rd Annual Reunion of Descendants of the 154th New York Regiment at the Civil War Memorial Building in Little Valley, NY
- November 11, 2018 (Veterans Day)—CAMP ceremony to unveil a New York State Historic Roadside Marker at the Memorial site, funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
- August 27, 2019—R.E. Kelley, Specially Contractors applied wrapping to secure architectural masonry features along the Memorial Building’s cornice.
- December 7, 2019—CAMP members, volunteers, and Dwyer Veterans installed a 4′ x 8’ Memorial Preservation Project information sign at the Memorial site.
- July 3, 2020—New multi-layered spray foam roof system completed on the Memorial Site.
- Summer 2021—Obtained estimates for asbestos abatement work; Building Code requirements for Certificate of Occupancy of Memorial Site.
- 2022 Contracted with Clinton Brown Architecture Company P.C. for plans to utilize the Board of Elections portion of the building as offices for rental income to support the Memorial.
- Preliminary plans have also been drawn up to renovate the exterior of the building.
CAMP’s work is far from complete. Your donation will help to support our next initiatives:
- Exterior work on the Memorial.
- Repurposing of the BOE for income for the operation of the Memorial.
- Continued architectural and masonry repairs.
CAMP thanks you for your support, past and present.
