Main Street Armory lacrosse team, competed in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association and played at the Armory. One Iroquois player of note was Jay Silverheels, better known for playing the character "Tonto" on the television series "The Lone Ranger". While playing for Rochester, Silverheels went by Harry Smith, his real name. The building also hosted many events, including circuses, concerts, balls and auto shows, prior to opening of the War Memorial in the 1950s. The Damascus Temple Shrine Circus used the Armory as its venue for performances in Rochester through 1960. The Armory's first post-refurbishment sporting event was Next Era Wrestling's "Fatal
P. Jay Sidney for leading a one-man crusade to get African Americans equal representation in television programming and commercials, he wrote letters, picketed, favored boycotts, taped interactions with television executives, lobbying against de facto segregation. In 1962, Sidney testified before the United States House of Representatives. P. Jay Sidney P. Jay Sidney (April 8, 1915 – September 30, 1996) was an American screen actor, who was also known as Jay P. Sidney. Although obscure today, he was a prominent activist who fought for equal representation of African Americans in American entertainment. Sidney Parhm Jr. was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to a poor family.