Advertisement

american history

Baseball Seminar Returns for 35th Year

“Baseball is a mirror of the American culture,” said Simons in a May 19 telephone interview. “A lot of American history can be reflected through baseball—race relations, military history, women’s history. Baseball developed at a time when America was moving to the city, yet it evokes a rural nostalgia,” he said.…
May 30, 2024

Happenin’ Otsego: 08-24-23

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 ‘Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories’ Presentation & Tour At The Fenimore SCREENING & TOUR—1-3 p.m. “Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories” screening followed by a tour discussing the use of bald eagle imagery in early American folk art and Native American art. Included with museum admission. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1400 or visit https://fenimoreartmuseum.org/ FOOD SERVICE—Noon to 1 p.m. Children receive free food. Open to all children through age 18.…
August 23, 2023

NORTHRUP: Sedition Is Part Of American History – But Some Learn Lessons

LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Sedition Is Part Of American History – But Some Learn Lessons To the Editor: Sometimes sedition is a good thing. Sometimes, not so much. My family are experts in sedition and revolution. We may in fact be some of the most revolting people in America. When sedition wins, history, which is written by the winners, proclaims you a hero. When sedition fails, history proclaims you a traitor. Our first seditious loss came in North Carolina, where,…
January 14, 2021

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout