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Massena (village), New York
The village was first settled circa 1803. Part of its early growth was based on neighboring medicinal springs. André Masséna was one of the original eighteen Marshals of France created by Napoleon.
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Massena is the hometown of Baseball Hall of Fame member Bid McPhee, who was born there in 1859. Voice actor Hal Smith spent a significant part of his early years living in Massena. He graduated from the Massena High School in 1936.
In 1928, Massena was the site of a blood libel against its small Jewish community.[4] Its history has been recorded by the town’s longstanding newspaper, The Courier-Observer, formerly named The Massena Observer. And in The Incident at Massena, a 1978 book by historian Saul S. Friedman
