At 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, CNY Spirits will come to life. Staunch ghost hunters will still be up at that hour; others might just set their VCRs. Central New York Ghost Hunters will present TV series about local ghost hunts in CNY. CNY Spirits will air on Time Warner channel 6 for 14 weeks.
The senator is pushing for full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the upcoming Energy Bill vote. The program is funded by royalties from gas and oil drilling on federal land – and not taxpayer money.
The event commemorates the important role Fort Ontario played in the nation’s War for Independence (1775-1783), said Paul Lear, Historic Site Manager. Children’s games, a colonial tavern, period music and other activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tactical weapons demonstrations with an assault on the fort will be held at 2 p.m. both days.
The recreated armies of King George III and General George Washington will converge on historic Fort Ontario in Oswego for two days of living history activities on Aug. 14-15. The National Encampment of BAR was last held at Fort Ontario State Historic Site in 1996 and will feature volunteer reenactors from around the United States and Canada.
More than 200 British, Continental, Native and civilian re-enactors from around the United States and Canada will converge at Fort Ontario State Historic Site Aug. 14 and 15 for the National Encampment of the Brigade of the American Revolution.
On July 14, from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Fort Ontario State Historic Site will host a Family Fun Day event for children 12 years of age and younger.
When Governor David Paterson ordered the closure of Fort Ontario State Historic Site, nine-year-old Christopher Colasurdo of Oswego answered the call to action. The fourth grader at Fitzhugh Park School raised more than $1,000 to support the fort through a “hat day†fundraiser.
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 Fort Ontario, site manager Paul Lear said the gates will open Saturday, with a historical reenactor at the gate to greet them, volunteers to help guide them and General Brown, the site’s pet dog, roaming the grounds as usual.
“The coffee pot will be on and the flags will be up,” he told Oswego County Today.com.
“Significant action†was seen in the Assembly and Senate regarding the possibility of reopening Fort Ontario as well as several other state parks and historic sites that have fallen victim this spring to the state’s budget morass. It’s possible Oswego’s historic site could be open for Memorial Day Weekend.All Content Copyright Dot Publishing 2024. All Submissions Become Property of Dot Publishing All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.