Jun 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: Click here to read part one of this story. In recent weeks, U.S. and Canadian officials have been fighting over a development issue at the Peace Bridge, but when I drove over the bridge, built to commemorate 100 years of peaceful relations between U.S. and Canada, one warm day late last summer, I had much older hostilities in mind. Two months before, I had taken a bike ride from Niagara Falls to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Cycling The Niagara River Recreation Trail: Ice Wine, War Of 1812 History, And A Back Door To Niagara Falls (Part 2)
Jun 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: Click here to read part one of this story. In recent weeks, U.S. and Canadian officials have been fighting over a development issue at the Peace Bridge, but when I drove over the bridge, built to commemorate 100 years of peaceful relations between U.S. and Canada, one warm day late last summer, I had much older hostilities in mind. Two months before, I had taken a bike ride from Niagara Falls to ...Cycling The Niagara River Recreation Trail: Ice Wine, War of 1812 History And A Back Door To Niagara Falls (Part 1)
Jun 6th, 2013 at 10:00AM: I must have been absent from school the day we learned about the War of 1812. Growing up, history was my favorite subject, but as I sat in an office interviewing Paul Dyster, the mayor of Niagara Falls, New York, who mentioned upcoming events to commemorate the bicentennial of the conflict, I couldn't for the life of me recall who won the war (it was a stalemate) or even why it was fought. ...USS Constitution To Set Sail Again
Aug 19th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
The USS Constitution will set sail once again to commemorate the battle that made it famous.
The U.S. Navy says the famous warship will set sail Aug. 19, the 200th anniversary of her victory over the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia. This victory during the War of 1812 boosted the young nation's confidence as they fought an empire that had the largest navy in the ...New Website Commemorates War Of 1812
Jun 23rd, 2012 at 11:00AM:
While events commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War are happening all over the country, the bicentennial of the War of 1812 has received less attention.
Now, a new website created by the New York State Museum provides information on the war and events and activities commemorating it. Much of the fighting took place along the New York-Canadian border, although battles were fought ...Oswego, New York. Historical for Two Reasons
Feb 8th, 2007 at 3:35PM: Snow is dumping on Oswego, New York. Five inches by the hour. When I heard this on the news, I perked up. I used to live there, and I haven't lived in that much snow since. If anything, it's been the opposite. From time to time I've even lived close to the equator. I don't know if it's the snow that chased me south.
I've thought about the Oswego snow from time to time, though. From where it sits ...
