Historical society celebrates Fillmore's 209th

MORAVIA - One local historical organization celebrated former President Millard Fillmore's 209th birthday on Sunday in an attempt to change his nickname from the know-nothing to the know-something president.

“He is nicknamed the know-nothing president because no one knows (anything) about him,” said Joyce Hackett Smith, a member of the Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society. “We want to change that because he is the only president that was born in Cayuga County.”

While eating birthday cake and drinking punch, visitors toured the new Millard Fillmore Room at the society's History House in Moravia.