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“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.…
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.…
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,…