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Shineman Foundation Awards $363,000 To Regional Not-For-Profits

August 2, 2021 Contributor

Twelve Oswego and Onondaga counties not-for-profit organizations were awarded grants from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation in its second grant round of 2021 at its July board meeting.

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Fort Ontario To Host Special Program With Historian Tom Ebert Aug. 11

August 1, 2021 Contributor

Civil War Historian and Oswego native Tom Ebert will speak on Abraham Lincoln’s changing views on emancipation in a special presentation at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Fort Ontario State Historic Site, 1 E. Fourth St., Oswego.

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Fort Ontario To Host Oswego Native Col. Jason Wallace’s Promotion To Brigadier General

July 16, 2021 Contributor

An official ceremony of promotion from Colonel to Brigadier General for a United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Army Reserve officer, will take place at Fort Ontario State Historic Site at 1 E. Fourth St., Oswego, on July 24.

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Living History Demonstrations To Commemorate 225th Anniversary Event Of 1796 British Evacuation Of Fort Ontario July 17

July 11, 2021 Contributor

The 225th anniversary of the British evacuation of Fort Ontario will be commemorated at the State Historic Site in Oswego Saturday, July 17.

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Mayor Barlow Announces Free Tour Day For Oswego Families At Fort Ontario On July 3

June 12, 2021 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced yesterday the Oswego City County Youth Bureau has partnered with Fort Ontario to offer free tours of Fort Ontario to Oswego families on Saturday, July 3 at 10 a.m.

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Safe Haven Museum Announces Memorial Day Opening

May 28, 2021 Contributor

Kevin Hill, president of the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum board of directors, announced yesterday that the newly-renovated museum will open to visitors Memorial Day, May 31.

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Fort Ontario State Historic Site Hosts Self-Guided Walking Tours About Battle Of Oswego

May 8, 2021 Matt Watling

To commemorate the Battle of Oswego, Fort Ontario State Historic Site is hosting self-guided walking tours, which began on May 5, the first day of the battle, and will last through tomorrow, Sunday, May 9.

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Fort Ontario Commemorates War Of 1812 Attack With Self-Guided Walking Tours May 5 to 9

May 2, 2021 Contributor

Fort Ontario State Historic Site will host free, self-guided walking tours of the 75-acre Fort Ontario National Register District Wednesday, May 5 through Sunday, May 9.

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First Day Hike At Fort Ontario Will Explore ‘Fort Ontario’s Forgotten Pandemic Past’

December 26, 2020 Contributor

Friends of Fort Ontario will offer free, self-guided and socially distant First Day Hikes of the 75-acre Fort Ontario National Register District on New Year’s Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Fort Ontario Joins National Wreaths Across America Day

November 8, 2020 Contributor

National nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announced that Fort Ontario has once again joined the effort to support the mission to “Remember, Honor, Teach” as an official location for Wreaths Across America Day Saturday, Dec. 19.

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