Closing state parks, such as Fort Ontario, to help reduce the state’s budget deficit is a short-term fix for the state and a long-term headache for communities, some Oswego residents say. Ironically, the fort is now under attack by the very state that it has defended for more than two centuries.
BREAKING: New York State would close Fort Ontario and 54 other state parks and historic sites to save money, under a plan released today.
The first Fort Ontario was built in Oswego in 1755.
The new interpretive plaque about the battle at Battle Island was recently installed at Battle Island Golf Course. The interpretive panel was designed by Rich LaCrosse of Fort Ontario, with help from the curatorial staff at Peebles Island (near Albany). It commemorates the little known battle won by 300 colonial bateauxmen under Captain John Bradstreet over 700 French and Indians on July 3, 1756.
After the successful re-enactment on the 250th anniversary of the battle in 2006, it became apparent that an interpretive panel was needed to let people know what happened, LaCrosse noted.
It’s been a few years, but an old friend is back in town.
Fulton’s Jazz Fest opens tonight, renewing the festival that ran for years in downtown Fulton. The event has a new home — behind the War Memorial. Bring your own lawn chairs to enjoy two days of great music.
Below is tonight’s prime time entertainment, The Critics honr section with the Cortini Brothers rhythm section, seen here at Fulton’s Rock The Block event.
The full schedule:
Friday:
5:30 p.m.: The Do Good Swing Band
8:00 p.m.: The Critics with the Cortini Bros.
Saturday:
3:00 p.m.: Melvin Sparks
6:00 p.m.: Nancy Kelly
8:00 p.m.: Classified
Can’t make Jazz Fest? How about the Fort Ontario Festival of the Arts on Saturday in Oswego or the annual Minetto Canal Splash fun canoe and kayak race at the Magic in Minetto festival.
Hey, do ’em all!
The festival was originally conceived as a showcase for visual artists to have a venue to display and sell their work on the grounds surrounding Fort Ontario State Historic Site. The idea has since blossomed into a full-fledged community festival encompassing many different media with interesting things to do for the whole family.
The Hawks R/C Junior Aviators and the Oswego Valley Modelaires R/C flying club, in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation – Central Region, will be hosting their fourth annual Fort Ontario R/C Fly-In.
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