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Museum of disABILITY History

Disability organizations based in the United StatesHistory museums in New York (state)History of disabilityMedical museums in the United StatesMuseums established in 2003
Museums in Buffalo, New YorkMuseums in Erie County, New York
Museum of disABILITY History fmr Eggertsville Hose Company Amherst, New York 20200526
Museum of disABILITY History fmr Eggertsville Hose Company Amherst, New York 20200526

The Museum of disABILITY History is a museum related to the history of people with disabilities from medieval times to the present era. At its premises at 3826 Main Street in Buffalo, New York, US, it was the only "brick-and-mortar" museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to preserving the history of people with disabilities. The bricks-and-mortar museum closed in December 2020, but the museum continued operating as of 2024 as a virtual museum.The museum states that it seeks to promote a higher level of societal awareness and understanding, and a change in attitudes, perceptions and actions that will result in people with disabilities having the greatest possible participation in their communities.

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Museum of disABILITY History
Main Street, Buffalo

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Main Street 3826
14226 Buffalo
New York, United States
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1912 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1912 U.S. Open was the 18th U.S. Open, held August 1–2 at the Country Club of Buffalo in Amherst, New York, a suburb east of Buffalo. (The course is now Grover Cleveland Golf Course, owned by Erie County. The Country Club of Buffalo relocated several miles east in 1926 to Williamsville (42.972°N 78.727°W / 42.972; -78.727).) Twenty-year-old John McDermott successfully defended his U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara.At the end of the second round on Thursday, Mike Brady, Percy Barrett, and Alex Smith were tied for the lead, with defending champion McDermott two back.In the third round on Friday morning, played in rainy conditions with thunderstorms threatening to disrupt play, McDermott managed to card a 74 despite hitting two drives out of bounds. He still trailed Brady by three going into the final round in the afternoon, but Brady struggled on his way to a 79 and 299 total. McNamara, seven back at the start of the round, fired a course-record 69 to post 296; his 142 over the last two rounds was a new tournament record, but not enough to catch McDermott. Despite a bogey on the last hole, McDermott carded a 71 for a 294 total, two shots ahead of McNamara.McDermott, age 20, was already a two-time U.S. Open champion, but by 1914 his golf career was over. After a series of personal setbacks, he began suffering from mental illness and spent most of the rest of his life in a mental institution. Jim Barnes, a future champion in 1921, tied for 18th in his first U.S. Open. Horace Rawlins, the winner of the inaugural Open in 1895, made his final appearance and missed the cut. The par-6 tenth hole measured 606 yards (554 m), the longest hole in U.S. Open history up to that point and the only time a hole was given a par more than five.