history

Members of Congress push for Harriet Tubman National Park in Auburn

Ellen Abbott — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:05:18 +0000

Lawmakers in Washington are pushing for the establishment of a Harriet Tubman National Park in Auburn, where the abolitionist lived and died. Members of the New York congressional delegation say it could have a big impact on Auburn.

Year-long celebration of Two Row Wampum begins

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:58:36 +0000

This week begins a year long campaign in New York that focuses on the Two Row Wampum, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Nation, and some of the first settlers of New York state. The idea is educate, advocate, and create a better relationship Native Americans and New Yorkers.

Onondaga Historical Association celebrates their 150th birthday

Durrie Lawrence — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:29:51 +0000

The Onondaga Historical Association turns 150 this year. Friday night they hold a Jubilee Celebration in Syracuse University's Carnegie Hall that also marks the 150^th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

New Native American museum to highlight Great Law of Peace

Ellen Abbott — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:27:28 +0000

What used to be the Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois Museum on Onondaga Lake will be transformed into a new kind of museum in the next year. The new Great Law of Peace Educational Center will tell the story of upstate New York's Native Americans, from their point of view.

New database makes Fort Drum's historic cemeteries more accessible

Joanna Richards — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0000

With the outbreak of World War Two, the Army installation then known as Pine Camp expanded, to become Camp Drum and eventually Fort Drum today. In the process, it swallowed up several villages, including their cemeteries. Fort Drum researchers have created a database and new maps that will help family members of those buried at the cemeteries to find and visit their loved ones' gravesites, both in person and online.

Judith Wellman on The Campbell Conversations

Grant Reeher — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:47:21 +0000

What made Upstate New York such a hotspot for the abolitionist and women’s rights movements? Was it just geography, or was it something about the people who lived here? Historian Judith Wellman, an expert on the Underground Railroad and the women’s rights movement in the 19^th century, answers this question and offers other stores and information that illuminate this time period and counter some of the stereotypes we