Canton- Listen to their war stories in their own words when Scott Wilson, a Civil War Artillery Living Historian, reads from the diaries and autobiographies of Civil War soldiers at Voices from the Past – A look back 150 Years Ago. This Civil War Roundtable will be held on Tuesday, March 29th at 7 p.m. at the Louisville Historical Center, near the Louisville Community Center (Arena). Please note this program is not at the usual Sunday afternoon meeting time. This Civil War Roundtable program is part of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association’s Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which began in 1861.
Remember that the March 29th Civil War Roundtable is at 7 p.m. at the Louisville Historical Center, near the Louisville Community Center (Arena), instead of the Silas Wright House. If you want to visit the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House come during open hours, Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
The SLCHA Gift Shop is a great way to learn more about what St. Lawrence County soldiers experienced in the Civil War with the most recent issue of the SLCHA’s Quarterly, which has articles on St. Lawrence County’s Irish Zoauves and The 14th New York Heavy Artillery.
The Civil War Roundtable is a free program of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, a membership organization open to anyone interested in St. Lawrence County history. For more information, or to become a member, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. This free program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org, for more information on St. Lawrence County history.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Fay Estate Donates Historic Documents to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association
Canton- An unexpected treasure trove of historic documents found in a trunk in the attic of a Waddington house has been donated to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. When Christopher Fay of Waddington passed away September 26, 2010 his family, friends and community mourned the death of a well known antique collector, historian and restaurant owner. But at that time nobody knew what was awaiting the local history community in that trunk in his attic.
As Blanchard’s Auction Service worked in the house to prepare items from the Fay Estate for three auctions, the first of which takes place on Saturday, January 29th at 10am in Potsdam, workers discovered a trunk in the attic that had not been looked at in years. Inside the trunk were various historic documents from the 1850’s-70’s regarding St. Lawrence County and other North Country history. Auctioneer Kip Blanchard and Chris Fay’s family decided that some of these documents should be donated to local area museums and historical associations. Carlton Stickney, President of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, Sue Longshore, Collections Manager and Blanchard spent several days going through thousands of items to determine which documents should be donated to the SLCHA or other museums.
Sue Longshore, SLCHA Collection Manager, states that some of the materials donated to SLCHA include “documents relating to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, the St. Lawrence Mining Company and the Clifton Iron Company.“ According to Longshore the SLCHA, like most local museums and historical associations, “does not have a large budget and cannot afford to purchase local history items. The SLCHA relies on donations of items to its collection, such as this generous donation from the Fay Estate.”
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
The SLCHA Gift Shop is a great way to start your own collection of local history. Some of the items in the gift shop include: Manslaughter in Massena: July 1902, the Untold George D. LaFluer Story; the digitized book A History of the City of Ogdensburg, available on CD; and wooden miniatures of buildings from throughout St. Lawrence county, including Ft. La Presentation.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is a membership organization open to anyone interested in St. Lawrence County history. For more information, or to become a member, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org, for more information on St. Lawrence County history.
As Blanchard’s Auction Service worked in the house to prepare items from the Fay Estate for three auctions, the first of which takes place on Saturday, January 29th at 10am in Potsdam, workers discovered a trunk in the attic that had not been looked at in years. Inside the trunk were various historic documents from the 1850’s-70’s regarding St. Lawrence County and other North Country history. Auctioneer Kip Blanchard and Chris Fay’s family decided that some of these documents should be donated to local area museums and historical associations. Carlton Stickney, President of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, Sue Longshore, Collections Manager and Blanchard spent several days going through thousands of items to determine which documents should be donated to the SLCHA or other museums.
Sue Longshore, SLCHA Collection Manager, states that some of the materials donated to SLCHA include “documents relating to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, the St. Lawrence Mining Company and the Clifton Iron Company.“ According to Longshore the SLCHA, like most local museums and historical associations, “does not have a large budget and cannot afford to purchase local history items. The SLCHA relies on donations of items to its collection, such as this generous donation from the Fay Estate.”
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
The SLCHA Gift Shop is a great way to start your own collection of local history. Some of the items in the gift shop include: Manslaughter in Massena: July 1902, the Untold George D. LaFluer Story; the digitized book A History of the City of Ogdensburg, available on CD; and wooden miniatures of buildings from throughout St. Lawrence county, including Ft. La Presentation.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is a membership organization open to anyone interested in St. Lawrence County history. For more information, or to become a member, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org, for more information on St. Lawrence County history.
Monday, January 31, 2011
THE BATTLE OF OGDENSBURG RE-ENACTMENT
February 19-20
Fought February 22, 1813
Saturday
10:00 A.M. Ceremony at Ogdensburg Cemetery: Placing of the wreath on Sheriff York’s grave.
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
2:30 P.M. Walking tour of the 1813 battleground through the streets of Ogdensburg with Jim Reagen. Starts at the parking lot at Lighthouse Point.
3:30 P.M. Lecture at Freight House Restaurant: How to Dress as an 1812 Civilian by Sue McLean.
7:30 P.M. Winter Ball (English Country Dance) at Freight House
Sunday
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Fort La Présentation Association is pleased to support
the Battle of Ogdensburg Re-enactment and the organizers, Forsythe’s Rifles.
Fought February 22, 1813
Saturday
10:00 A.M. Ceremony at Ogdensburg Cemetery: Placing of the wreath on Sheriff York’s grave.
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
2:30 P.M. Walking tour of the 1813 battleground through the streets of Ogdensburg with Jim Reagen. Starts at the parking lot at Lighthouse Point.
3:30 P.M. Lecture at Freight House Restaurant: How to Dress as an 1812 Civilian by Sue McLean.
7:30 P.M. Winter Ball (English Country Dance) at Freight House
Sunday
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Fort La Présentation Association is pleased to support
the Battle of Ogdensburg Re-enactment and the organizers, Forsythe’s Rifles.
WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM BRINGS INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK
OGDENSBURG, NY 31 January 2011 – During the War of 1812 the dogs of war barked and bit along the U.S. northern frontier from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain as American forces tangled with their British and Canadian counterparts for two-and-a-half years.
The War of 1812 in this region, and its wider implications, will be topics at the third annual War of 1812 Symposium April 29-30 in Ogdensburg, NY, sponsored by the Fort La Présentation Association.
The five presentations by authoritative Canadians and Americans are: Ogdensburg and Prescott during the War of 1812, Paul Fortier; American supply efforts on Lake Ontario: “Cooper’s Ark,” Richard Palmer; “Colonel Louis” and the Native American role in the War of 1812, Darren Bonaparte; The war on the St. Lawrence River, Victor Suthren; and Excavation of American Graves at the 1812 Burlington Cantonment, Kate Kenny. The post-dinner address by Patrick Wilder is the Battle of Sackets Harbor
“We established the symposium in advance of the war’s 2012 bicentennial to help develop a broader public understanding of the War of 1812, so important to the evolution of the United States and Canada,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The annual symposium is a vibrant forum of scholars from both sides of the boarder presenting informative seminars to an enthusiastic audience of academics, history buffs and re-enactors.”
The cost of the symposium is $100 for the Saturday seminars and after-dinner speaker, including a light continental breakfast, a buffet lunch and a sit-down dinner. The Friday evening meet-and-greet with period entertainment by Celtic harpist Sue Croft and hors d’oeuvres is $10.
The symposium and dinner fee for Fort La Présentation Association members is $90, and they will pay $10 for the meet-and-greet.
Other pricing options are available: $80 for the Saturday seminars without dinner; and $35 for the dinner with speaker.
Seminar details and registration instructions on the Fort La Présentation Association Web page www.fort1749.org.
The Fort La Présentation Association is a not-for-profit corporation based in Ogdensburg, New York. Its mission is to sponsor or benefit the historically accurate reconstruction of Fort de la Présentation (1749) in close proximity to the original site on Lighthouse Point.
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For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
Backgrounder attached.
THIRD ANNUAL WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM
BACKGROUNDER
Seminar Presenters
Darren Bonaparte from the Mohawk community of Ahkwesáhsne on the St. Lawrence River is an historical journalist. He created the Wampum Chronicles website in 1999 to promote his research into the history and culture of the Rotinonhsión:ni—the People of the Longhouse. Mr. Bonaparte has been published by Indian Country Today, Native Americas, Aboriginal Voices and Winds of Change, and he has served as an historical consultant for the PBS miniseries The War That Made America; Champlain: The Lake Between; and The Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America.
Paul Fortier, of Kingston, ON, worked 10 years as a military curator and historian for Parks Canada and a following 10 years as a manager at the National Archives of Canada. While living in Prescott, ON, the home he restored was the Stockade Barracks, British military headquarters on the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812. Mr. Fortier is a founder of the re-enacted Regiment of Canadian Fencible Infantry. He owns Jessup Food & Heritage, providing period food services at Upper Canada Village, Fort Henry and Fort York.
Kate Kenney is the Program Historian at the University of Vermont Consulting Archeology Program. She supervises historic artifact analyses and also helps supervise field work, particularly at historic sites. She is the senior author of Archaeological Investigations at the Old Burial Ground, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Ms. Kenny has organized and conducted UVM CAP public outreach, including presentations to elementary and high school students. Personal research projects involve Vermont history from the earliest settlement through to the Civil War.
Richard F. Palmer of Syracuse is a senior editor of “Inland Seas,” the quarterly of the Great Lakes Historical Society, and has written some 40 articles for the publication, covering more than 250 years of Lake Ontario’s maritime history. His presentation on “Cooper's Ark,” is the story of a short-lived floating fortress built in Oswego during the War of 1812, but lost in a storm while sailing to Sackets Harbor. He’ll also recount the attempt to raft lumber for the construction of ships from Oak Orchard to Sackets Harbor; the delivery was intercepted by the British.
Victor Suthren, from Merrickville, Ontario, is an author and historian. He served as Director General of the Canadian War Museum from 1986 to 1998, and is an Honorary Captain in the Canadian Navy and advisor to the Directorate of Naval History and Heritage, Department of National Defence (Canada). He has worked as an advisor to film and television productions and has voyaged extensively as a seaman in traditional “tall ships.” Mr. Suthren has published several works of historical non-fiction, as well as two series of historical sea fiction.
Patrick Wilder is an historian retired from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He is the author of The Battle of Sackett’s Harbour, 1813.
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The War of 1812 in this region, and its wider implications, will be topics at the third annual War of 1812 Symposium April 29-30 in Ogdensburg, NY, sponsored by the Fort La Présentation Association.
The five presentations by authoritative Canadians and Americans are: Ogdensburg and Prescott during the War of 1812, Paul Fortier; American supply efforts on Lake Ontario: “Cooper’s Ark,” Richard Palmer; “Colonel Louis” and the Native American role in the War of 1812, Darren Bonaparte; The war on the St. Lawrence River, Victor Suthren; and Excavation of American Graves at the 1812 Burlington Cantonment, Kate Kenny. The post-dinner address by Patrick Wilder is the Battle of Sackets Harbor
“We established the symposium in advance of the war’s 2012 bicentennial to help develop a broader public understanding of the War of 1812, so important to the evolution of the United States and Canada,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The annual symposium is a vibrant forum of scholars from both sides of the boarder presenting informative seminars to an enthusiastic audience of academics, history buffs and re-enactors.”
The cost of the symposium is $100 for the Saturday seminars and after-dinner speaker, including a light continental breakfast, a buffet lunch and a sit-down dinner. The Friday evening meet-and-greet with period entertainment by Celtic harpist Sue Croft and hors d’oeuvres is $10.
The symposium and dinner fee for Fort La Présentation Association members is $90, and they will pay $10 for the meet-and-greet.
Other pricing options are available: $80 for the Saturday seminars without dinner; and $35 for the dinner with speaker.
Seminar details and registration instructions on the Fort La Présentation Association Web page www.fort1749.org.
The Fort La Présentation Association is a not-for-profit corporation based in Ogdensburg, New York. Its mission is to sponsor or benefit the historically accurate reconstruction of Fort de la Présentation (1749) in close proximity to the original site on Lighthouse Point.
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For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
Backgrounder attached.
THIRD ANNUAL WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM
BACKGROUNDER
Seminar Presenters
Darren Bonaparte from the Mohawk community of Ahkwesáhsne on the St. Lawrence River is an historical journalist. He created the Wampum Chronicles website in 1999 to promote his research into the history and culture of the Rotinonhsión:ni—the People of the Longhouse. Mr. Bonaparte has been published by Indian Country Today, Native Americas, Aboriginal Voices and Winds of Change, and he has served as an historical consultant for the PBS miniseries The War That Made America; Champlain: The Lake Between; and The Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America.
Paul Fortier, of Kingston, ON, worked 10 years as a military curator and historian for Parks Canada and a following 10 years as a manager at the National Archives of Canada. While living in Prescott, ON, the home he restored was the Stockade Barracks, British military headquarters on the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812. Mr. Fortier is a founder of the re-enacted Regiment of Canadian Fencible Infantry. He owns Jessup Food & Heritage, providing period food services at Upper Canada Village, Fort Henry and Fort York.
Kate Kenney is the Program Historian at the University of Vermont Consulting Archeology Program. She supervises historic artifact analyses and also helps supervise field work, particularly at historic sites. She is the senior author of Archaeological Investigations at the Old Burial Ground, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Ms. Kenny has organized and conducted UVM CAP public outreach, including presentations to elementary and high school students. Personal research projects involve Vermont history from the earliest settlement through to the Civil War.
Richard F. Palmer of Syracuse is a senior editor of “Inland Seas,” the quarterly of the Great Lakes Historical Society, and has written some 40 articles for the publication, covering more than 250 years of Lake Ontario’s maritime history. His presentation on “Cooper's Ark,” is the story of a short-lived floating fortress built in Oswego during the War of 1812, but lost in a storm while sailing to Sackets Harbor. He’ll also recount the attempt to raft lumber for the construction of ships from Oak Orchard to Sackets Harbor; the delivery was intercepted by the British.
Victor Suthren, from Merrickville, Ontario, is an author and historian. He served as Director General of the Canadian War Museum from 1986 to 1998, and is an Honorary Captain in the Canadian Navy and advisor to the Directorate of Naval History and Heritage, Department of National Defence (Canada). He has worked as an advisor to film and television productions and has voyaged extensively as a seaman in traditional “tall ships.” Mr. Suthren has published several works of historical non-fiction, as well as two series of historical sea fiction.
Patrick Wilder is an historian retired from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He is the author of The Battle of Sackett’s Harbour, 1813.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Irish Zouaves Make Civil War History at SLCHA Brown Bag Lunch
How did Union soldiers from St. Lawrence County end up in an Irish regiment dressed like North African troops during the U.S. Civil War? The answer to this colorful and convoluted question will be revealed on Thursday, January 20th at the noontime Brown Bag Lunch program “St. Lawrence County’s Irish Zouaves” at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. This free program by Ron Semple is open to the public, begins at noon and is part of the SLCHA’s Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which began in 1861.
Semple will spin the entertaining yarn of the 164th NYS Volunteers - Corcoran's Irish Zouaves. As a Colonel in the 69th New York State Militia Regiment, Michael Corcoran helped to bring Irish Immigrants to the Union Army. He led the 69th regiment in action during the First battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. After Corcoran’s release as a prisoner of war he returned to the Union Army, recruited more Irish volunteers and commanded the 164th New York State Regiment, Corcoran’s Irish Zouaves- which was one of only two all Irish Brigades in the Union Army. The 164th NYS Regiment fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Company A of the 164th was comprised of men from St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties.
The original Zouaves were North African troops serving in the French Army beginning in the 1830’s. They had a reputation for discipline and bravery on the battlefield and rowdiness off. Their uniforms were colorful with trim/braid with brass buttons and usually consisted of a fez, turban, baggy pants, vest, short jacket, and leggings. “Zouave Fever” spread across the U.S. in the years prior to the Civil War and many Zouave units were active during the war.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
Remember the SLCHA’s gift shop for all the needs of the history buffs in your life and gifts for yourself as well! A few of the Civil War related items in the gift shop include: the children’s book Abe’s Honest Words; a replica letter from General U.S. Grant to General Robert E. Lee; Civil War Map in a Bottle (you have to see it to believe it); Gallantry in the Field: Potsdam and the Civil War; and No Middle Ground: Thomas Ward Osborn’s Letters from the Field (1862-1864). This last book is a collection of letters from Osborn, who enlisted in Watertown and commanded Battery D, First New York Light Artillery which was made up of men from the North Country.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Semple will spin the entertaining yarn of the 164th NYS Volunteers - Corcoran's Irish Zouaves. As a Colonel in the 69th New York State Militia Regiment, Michael Corcoran helped to bring Irish Immigrants to the Union Army. He led the 69th regiment in action during the First battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. After Corcoran’s release as a prisoner of war he returned to the Union Army, recruited more Irish volunteers and commanded the 164th New York State Regiment, Corcoran’s Irish Zouaves- which was one of only two all Irish Brigades in the Union Army. The 164th NYS Regiment fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Company A of the 164th was comprised of men from St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties.
The original Zouaves were North African troops serving in the French Army beginning in the 1830’s. They had a reputation for discipline and bravery on the battlefield and rowdiness off. Their uniforms were colorful with trim/braid with brass buttons and usually consisted of a fez, turban, baggy pants, vest, short jacket, and leggings. “Zouave Fever” spread across the U.S. in the years prior to the Civil War and many Zouave units were active during the war.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
Remember the SLCHA’s gift shop for all the needs of the history buffs in your life and gifts for yourself as well! A few of the Civil War related items in the gift shop include: the children’s book Abe’s Honest Words; a replica letter from General U.S. Grant to General Robert E. Lee; Civil War Map in a Bottle (you have to see it to believe it); Gallantry in the Field: Potsdam and the Civil War; and No Middle Ground: Thomas Ward Osborn’s Letters from the Field (1862-1864). This last book is a collection of letters from Osborn, who enlisted in Watertown and commanded Battery D, First New York Light Artillery which was made up of men from the North Country.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Civil War Roundtable
Canton- This November marks 150 years since the election of President Abraham Lincoln. By the time Lincoln assumed office on March 4, 1861 seven states had seceded from the Union and established the Confederate States of America. Commemorating 150 Years since the Civil War is the topic of the Civil War Roundtable on Sunday, September 26th at 2 p.m. at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. This discussion about the association’s plans for the 150th commemoration of that bloody conflict known as the War Between the States is free and open to the public.
The Civil War Roundtable is hosting an open forum where plans that have already been made regarding the 150th commemoration can be shared, new ideas can be brought up and people can get involved. The fact that this war occurred seven score and 10 years ago has done nothing to lessen its impact on the psyche of America (in this context score refers to 20 years, and yes I did have to look that up). While many at the time might have felt that Lincoln’s election in November of 1860 meant an armed conflict was bound to happen, none could have foretold that such a conflict would become this country’s deadliest war with 620,000 soldiers killed, along with untold civilian casualties.
People of all ages interested in the Civil War and its impact on the North Country are welcome to attend this free Civil War Roundtable program at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. The program begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 26th, 2010. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
The Civil War Roundtable is a program of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. This free program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org, for more information on St. Lawrence County History.
The Civil War Roundtable is hosting an open forum where plans that have already been made regarding the 150th commemoration can be shared, new ideas can be brought up and people can get involved. The fact that this war occurred seven score and 10 years ago has done nothing to lessen its impact on the psyche of America (in this context score refers to 20 years, and yes I did have to look that up). While many at the time might have felt that Lincoln’s election in November of 1860 meant an armed conflict was bound to happen, none could have foretold that such a conflict would become this country’s deadliest war with 620,000 soldiers killed, along with untold civilian casualties.
People of all ages interested in the Civil War and its impact on the North Country are welcome to attend this free Civil War Roundtable program at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. The program begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 26th, 2010. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
The Civil War Roundtable is a program of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. This free program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org, for more information on St. Lawrence County History.
Adirondack History at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association
CANTON – A Brown Bag Lunch program on Turning Points in Adirondack History will be presented by Andy Flynn, author of the popular Adirondack Attic book series, at noon on Thursday, September 16th at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton.
Flynn’s focus will be on on four major turning points in the history of the Adirondacks:
1 American Revolution and lead up events to the revolution
2 Creation of the Adirondack Park by New York State in 1892
3 World War II
4 Formation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Flynn’s focus will be on on four major turning points in the history of the Adirondacks:
1 American Revolution and lead up events to the revolution
2 Creation of the Adirondack Park by New York State in 1892
3 World War II
4 Formation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch at Silas Wright House
CANTON –What’s a great brown bag lunch topic in dairy country like St. Lawrence County? Why cheese, of course! Find out what you’ve been missing at St. Lawrence County, the Adirondack Crescent, and America's Cheese on Thursday, August 5th (special date) at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. This free program will be given by SLCHA members Russ Hall & Peg Rooney Hall, authors of the newly published The Summer of a Thousand Cheeses. They will share some of what they learned while doing research for the book over the past four years.
Russ Hall grew up in Star Lake and Peg Rooney Hall in Rochester. Both were early fans of New York cheddars and of cheese curds. Much of their research centered on the Adirondack region. Their curiosity was piqued when they discovered what they dubbed the Adirondack Crescent. In 1902, 613 cheese factories hugged the Adirondacks in the shape of a giant crescent. Only a handful of the factories remain today and few are prospering.
At the same time, the authors found that local, artisan-made cheeses were on the rise. In 2007 they happened upon the Warwick Cheese Festival, Quebec, which offered more than 300 types of cheese to sample. They next attended the American Cheese Society conference in Burlington, Vermont, where there were 1,200 kinds of cheese!
The authors will share highlights of their adventures tracing the simultaneous decline of local cheese factories and growth in the number of artisan cheese makers in the Adirondack Crescent and around the country. They will relate their findings to local natural history and human history, and to global trends affecting all of us.
Some of the questions the Halls will answer include:
What was the role of the Adirondack region and New York State in America’s cheese story?
What is happening today in America’s cheese landscape?
Who are today’s cheese makers? Where do they come from? How did they get started? What does cheese mean for their farms?
Where was artisan cheese hiding in the 1970s and 1980s while changing attitudes about foods were leading to backyard vegetable gardening and shopping at natural food stores and co-ops?
Bring your own questions to ask and cheese stories to share. The brown bag lunch will, of course, include a sample of cheese!
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Russ Hall grew up in Star Lake and Peg Rooney Hall in Rochester. Both were early fans of New York cheddars and of cheese curds. Much of their research centered on the Adirondack region. Their curiosity was piqued when they discovered what they dubbed the Adirondack Crescent. In 1902, 613 cheese factories hugged the Adirondacks in the shape of a giant crescent. Only a handful of the factories remain today and few are prospering.
At the same time, the authors found that local, artisan-made cheeses were on the rise. In 2007 they happened upon the Warwick Cheese Festival, Quebec, which offered more than 300 types of cheese to sample. They next attended the American Cheese Society conference in Burlington, Vermont, where there were 1,200 kinds of cheese!
The authors will share highlights of their adventures tracing the simultaneous decline of local cheese factories and growth in the number of artisan cheese makers in the Adirondack Crescent and around the country. They will relate their findings to local natural history and human history, and to global trends affecting all of us.
Some of the questions the Halls will answer include:
What was the role of the Adirondack region and New York State in America’s cheese story?
What is happening today in America’s cheese landscape?
Who are today’s cheese makers? Where do they come from? How did they get started? What does cheese mean for their farms?
Where was artisan cheese hiding in the 1970s and 1980s while changing attitudes about foods were leading to backyard vegetable gardening and shopping at natural food stores and co-ops?
Bring your own questions to ask and cheese stories to share. The brown bag lunch will, of course, include a sample of cheese!
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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