First Day Hike
2020-01-01 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Historical Hike around the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter 75th Anniversary Event.
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Garibaldi M. LaPolla Italian Dinner Fundraiser at the American Foundry
2020-03-06 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The American Foundry, 246 W. Seneca St, Oswego, NY, 13126, United States
Friends of Fort Ontario will host a fundraising dinner program featuring the recipes and life of Garibaldi M. Lapolla at the American Foundry in Oswego, NY. Considered one of the 100 most famous immigrants to enter the United States through Ellis Island, Lapolla popularized Italian-American cooking in America with publication of his still influential Italian Cooking for the American Kitchen in 1953. Lapolla attributed his culinary success to his WWI army experience at Fort Ontario and has been featured on Alton Brown’s Food Network Show, “Good Eats.”
Dinner will be comprised of dishes inspired by Lapolla’s cookbook, including antipasto, consommé romana (soup), chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, and rice pudding with caramel sauce. Following the meal, historian Paul Lear will speak on Lapolla’s fascinating life as an Italian immigrant, educator, politician, soldier, novelist, artist, poet, labor activist, and cookbook author. There will be gift baskets and other raffles.
Tickets for the event may be purchased by advance reservation only by February 28th and cost $50.00; they can be obtained by calling 315-343-4711, or Paypal through the Friends of Fort Ontario website (www.fortontario.com). Proceeds will benefit educational programming, special events, and projects at Fort Ontario State Historic Site.
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History on Tap
2021-07-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
First Wednesday of every month. Featuring Speakers & Topics of Historical Interest. Free admission. Every Month will be a different topic. Roundtable discussions. 70 East 1st St. Oswego 13126. You can order drinks on your own & join us.
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225th Anniversary of the British Evacuation of Fort Ontario
2021-07-17 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Living History and Musket Demonstrations by
Continental Arms Collectors Association, Staff & Volunteers.
2:00PM Changing of the Flags, British to US.
Regular Admission
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Symphor!a Concert
2021-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
FREE Concert.
Bring your chairs, blankets & picnic baskets.
Limited to 500 guests, gates open at 6:00PM
Free Admission
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Promotion Ceremony of Colonel Jason Wallace
2021-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Promotion Ceremony of Colonel Jason Wallace, USAR, Corps of
Engineers to Brigadier – General.
Regular Admission
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"Civil War Lecture" By Historian Tom Ebert, "Lincoln's Road to Emancipation."
2021-08-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
“Civil War Lecture” By Historian Tom Ebert, “Lincoln’s Road to Emancipation.” The talk will focus on Lincoln’s changing views on emancipation from the
time of the Lincoln – Douglas debate through the passage of the 13th amendment
and his last speech, two days before his assassination.
Free – Enlisted Men’s Barracks inside the Old Stone Fort.
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The Last Post: 225th Commemoration of the British Evacuation of Fort Ontario on July 15, 1796
2021-08-14 - 2021-08-15
Living History and Musket Demonstrations
by the Continental Arms Collectors Association Living History Unit &
Fort Staff & Volunteers
Regular Admission
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Wreaths Across America
2021-12-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
To sponsor a wreath or Volunteer for our Post Cemetery go to:
www.wreathsacrossamerica.org
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