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.…
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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…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ‘Step Afrika’ Dance Performance PRESIDENTS DAY! PERFORMANCE – 9 – 10:30 p.m. ‘Step Afrika’ performs dance that uses the human body as an instrument as practiced by traditionally African American fraternities, sororities and incorporates song, story telling, audience participation. Admission, $3/person. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta.…
ACTION AT HYDE HALL Civil War Reenactment Features ‘Drop’ Cannonball Experience a Civil War-era encampment featuring soldiers in authentic uniforms, battle drills and performing tactical maneuvers as Hyde Hall’s Civil War Weekend continues today. Above, 15-year veterans of reenactments, Jacob Manley and his father Richard, Hartwick, show off a Civil War era tent. At right, re-enactor Tim Walker, Cooperstown, holds one of his prize artifacts, a certified unexploded 12-pound cannonball from Little Round Top at Gettysburg. In the heat of…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, AUG. 20 Celebrate Music Of Oneonta PIANO CONCERT – 3 p.m. Tim Horne piano pieces from Oneonta’s music history on this last day of the Oneonta Music History Exhibition. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Call (607)432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. The summer music festival presents “Time for Three.” The Otesaga, Cooperstown. www.cooperstownmusicfest.org/timeforthree/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUG. 19 Visit With History CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT – 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Experience a civil war encampment with the 125th and 61st New York Regiments. Includes Civil War weaponry, tactics, drills, and firing demonstrations. Also a concert and a battle reenactment. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown. Call (607) 547-5098 or visit hydehall.org/event/civil-war-weekend/ HOPS FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Learn and celebrate the local history of hops in the Cooperstown area. Includes family friendly activities, an exhibit,…