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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For our first episode of this new season, we're celebrating Native American Heritage Month with a conversation regarding how historians can center authentic indigenous...
On this Halloween episode of A New York Minute In History, we explore a murder in the state’s capital of Albany. In May 1827,...
On this special episode of A New York Minute In History, we come to you from the New York State Museum in Albany. The...