The Rochester community is trying to preserve the memory of one of its Civil War heroes. Before the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, the O’Rorke Memorial Society announced that it has begun a campaign to secure the Medal of Honor for Colonel Patrick O’Rorke, a Civil War soldier who died at the Battle of [...]
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Union Stalwart
March 5th, 2013 
javal ‘An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War” illuminates an unsung hero in the battle for the nation’s soul: New York. Its title derives from a prescient October 1858 speech that New York’s Sen. William Seward, the future U.S. secretary of state, delivered in Rochester, N.Y., on the subject of slavery and the [...]
Civil War commemoration Sept. 29 and 30 at Fort Ontario
September 25th, 2012 javal A living history event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (1861 – 1865) will take place Sept. 29 and 30 at Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego. Infantry and artillery demonstrations will take place throughout the day. Union and Confederate Army camps will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to [...]
NY to unveil latest Civil War battle flag exhibit
September 18th, 2012 javal State officials are set to unveil New York’s latest installment of the Civil War battle flag exhibit at the Capitol. The head of the state parks system and representatives from the Division of Military and Naval Affairs plan to open the new exhibit, titled “1862: Red, White and Battered,” on Wednesday afternoon. Read More>>
Memorial by the people, for the people
August 29th, 2012 javal When it rained, the bas-relief Civil War sailors depicted on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Washington Park wept. Decades of neglect and weathering created fissures in the massive rectangle of Tennessee marble that allowed rainwater to cascade down the faces of sailors marching off to the War between the States. Read More>>
History comes alive at Civil War re-enactment
August 28th, 2012 javal The soldiers mustered their arms, the corporal called out his orders and ribbons of rifle smoke tumbled down the field. If not for the hum of nearby traffic off Route 13, the scene at the Civil War re-enactment Sunday at the Veteran Firemen’s Association could have been straight from occupied ground 150 years ago. Read [...]
National company lifts local celebration off the ground
June 20th, 2012 javal A national company has helped to save a local celebration. The Genesee Country Village & Museum has built the world’s first replica of a Civil War manned balloon, the Intrepid, and planned to fly the balloon beginning July 4th. When a nationwide helium shortage meant that the plan may not get off the ground, Macy’s [...]
‘Digging deep’ into Civil War
June 7th, 2012 javal The Civil War remains America’s master narrative 151 years after it began. It continues to reverberate across the nation’s legal affairs and a broad range of societal issues that will be explored in a three-day conference at Albany Law School. More than 100 historians, lawyers and retired jurists will gather beginning Thursday to explore how [...]