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Lou Rosselli Day
July 11, 1996 @ Village Hall (Middleport, New York)
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'Rossellimania' Sweeps Middleport
 Lou Rosselli was welcomed home Thursday as a local hero by the community that watched him grow up into a promising young man with high goals. SOURCE: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal, July 12, 1996. Click for larger image.




On Thursday, January 11, 1996, the Mayor Don Piedmont of Middleport proclaimed "Lou Rosselli Day" in honor of their home grown Olympian as he departed for Atlanta. A banner urging him to "go for the gold" hung above main street, and every shop window held posters wishing him luck.

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