According to the website Poem Analysis, “Christmas Bells,” written in 1863, contrasts war’s despair with Christmas hope, reflecting a longing for peace amid the Civil War’s discord.…
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Included in the paperback—priced at $25.00—are 90 of Richard Williams’ most engaging and well-researched articles originally published in the “Clinton Courier,” “Waterville Times” and “Daily Sentinel.” According to a press release, Richard Williams has researched and documented the history of this community for more than 50 years.…
The Erie Canal changed the political and social fabric of a young American nation, not unlike the times we find ourselves in today. Historian Carol Sheriff explores many of those cultural themes in her award-winning book “The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862,” Sheriff renders a rich account of how the canal changed American life between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.…
The First Amendment gives you the right to speak your piece, Dr. Propst, but shame on you for politicizing the devastation and heartbreak of this catastrophe. Shame on anyone, for that matter—left, right or center—who politicizes the personal tragedy of others in such a way as to push their own political agenda, or to criticize the politics of others.…
HISTORY—10 a.m. “Medicine & Surgery in the Civil and Revolutionary Wars.” Presented by Von Barron, historian and reenactment surgeon from Virginia. Followed by a meeting of the Otsego Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Free and open to the public. Community Room, Clark Sports Center, 124 County Road 52, Cooperstown.…
Editorial of May 9, 2024 Let’s Reboot Mother’s Day Here comes Sunday, and this one is our annual big day for all the moms in our midst. Showing up at around the same time as the also-annual cherry blossoms, fish runs, Kentucky Derby and the onslaught of black flies, which unhappily leave us itching, scratching, and swollen all the way to Father’s Day, on the horizon on June 16. Although Mother’s Day began, before the Civil War, with a bunch…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Folk music at Meadowlinks MUSIC ON THE MEADOW – 7 p.m. Come out for free music by John O’Connor and his Fellow Travelers performing Classic Folk. Bring a chair and blanket, sit in your car, or roam the trails. Enjoy a relaxing evening out. Meadowlinks Golf Course, 476 Co. Rd. 27, Richfield Springs. 607-432-4026 or visit www.facebook.com/Oneonta-Musicians-Association-AFM-443-281548775389405/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 Tour Oneonta Revitalization Plan ONEONTA TOUR – 7 p.m. Join Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig on walking tour with Bob Bob Brzozowski and learn about the results and plans of the Down Town Revitalization Initiative. Admission by donation. Presented by Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org/index.htm…
Musket Donations Find Home At Greater Oneonta Historical Society By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Fred Hickein wanted to make sure his heirloom muskets stayed in good hands, so the 93-year-old Oneonta resident made a major donation to the Greater Historical Society of Oneonta on Wednesday, April 21. Hickein and his wife, Eleanor, and several of his colleagues from the Oneonta American Legion Post 259, presented GOHS with two family treasures Wednesday,: an English smooth bore rifle, circa 1800, which…
Civil War Possible, Nearly 1/2 Of Us Say Utica-Based Zogby Poll Discovers UTICA – Nearly half (16 percent very likely and 30 percent somewhat likely combined) of likely voters believe the country will have another civil war, while 42 percent (24 percent very unlikely and 18 percent somewhat unlikely combined) did not think we were headed for another civil war. Eleven percent of survey respondents were not sure. “It’s quite astounding that nearly half of voters think we are headed…
