The British Flag was lowered and the American Flag was raised over historic Fort Ontario as a large audience, mostly elementary students, learned about the history of the flag and the fort, too.
At 7:30 p.m. on June 28, Friends of Fort Ontario will host a guided tour of the Post Cemetery at Fort Ontario State Historic Site. Jennifer Emmons, curatorial assistant at the fort, will lead the tour of the Post Cemetery which will begin at the overlook parking lot.
This summer, Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego, will host nine separate – (one week long) military history activity sessions for children ages 8-18. The sessions will be led by AmeriCorps staffer Ian Mumpton. The programming is aimed at getting young people outside and active during the summer.
In commemoration of Flag Day, a display of the many flags that have flown over Fort Ontario and the United States will be exhibited and explained by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Oswego Lodge #271. More than 250 school children will be at the old fort on June 14 at 10 a.m.
Award winning student art work will be on display at the annual Oswego City School District Art Show. This year’s event will be held this weekend at the Oswego Art Guild Center on the Fort Ontario grounds. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the gallery.
Fort Ontario’s Fort Sumter commemorative event is scheduled this wekend.
About 100 Union and Confederate reenactors with up to 16 cannon will converge at the fort over the weekend to conduct living history and artillery firing demonstrations. The first cannon will go off at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday as it did on April 12, 1861, starting the original Battle of Fort Sumter.
On Oct. 16, beginning at 7 p.m., a new event featuring paranormal presentations showing results from several years of investigations, as well as, interactive ghost hunting will be offered at Fort Ontario State Historic Site.
The winner of the annual “Cow Chip Bingo†said she will use the winnings to purchase some new clothes for her new job. The proceeds from the event will be used to support an annual scholarship in the memory of Harold “H†Dowd, a Fulton Lions Club member who passed away in September 2005.
At its meeting Thursday night, the Oswego County Legislature voted unanimously to support full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The state’s share of the funds would go a long way toward funding historic sites like Fort Ontario and more, said Legislator Morris Sorbello as he offered the resolution for consideration.
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