In this episode, Devin and Lauren investigate the invasions of Canada by the Fenian Brotherhood, a group of Irish Nationalists intent of freeing Ireland from British control. These invasions were launched from several locations in upstate New York, including the site of a recently-erected William G. Pomeroy Foundation marker in the Franklin County town of Constable.
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This episode tells the story of Lady Christian Henrietta Caroline “Harriet” Acland, aristocratic wife of Major John Dyke Acland, who commanded the British 20th...
2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 and New York State has a huge party planned. On...
The second episode of A New York Minute In History explores the Women’s Rights Movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in Central New York...