A historic New York village faces ‘losing its soul’ after the nation’s oldest gunmaker, Remington, announced plans to shut its massive firearms factory next month – leaving entire families without work.
Eliphalet Remington forged his first rifle barrel in the village of Ilion in 1816 and over the next two centuries, his business grew into a one million square feet factory with thousands of employees.
But in December, the current Remington owners, RemArms, revealed it was moving operations to gun-friendly Georgia, and making 270 people redundant.
With a population of just 7,600, the factory has long been the town’s main employer.
Now, Mayor John Stephens, 57, said the village is set to lose $1 million in revenue when the plant closes, while local businesses will also take a ‘great financial hit’ – and that’s on top of the emotional toll.
Speaking to DailyMail.com, he said: ”It’s like the town is losing its soul. It’s almost like losing a family member. That’s the thing that people are struggling with, the nostalgia, the history. It feels like we are losing the identity of the town.’
Thank Biden & his Dirty JUDGES !!!!!
Remember to vote conservative 2024
Democrats, progressives suck
You can blame it all on the woke democrats
LOL people need to GET OVER nostalgia and what they think is History
Hey 6:49 ??
The weapon manufacture in Cambridge closed several years ago, leaving hundreds without jobs, do to new at the time MD regulations.
Thank Democrats !!!
no thank the citizens of those communities! you vote for this bs then cry when you get what you voted for! no sympathy!
America Loosing it’s SOUL !!!!
Does anybody remember Wayne/Dresser around here ?
When they closed / shut down / moved, about everyone around here during those days thought
Salisbury was going to shut down.