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The city of Elmira’s historic past meets its present when the Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp hosts its first Civil War Symposium in August with Elmira College. Elmira’s connection with the American Civil War includes a Confederate soldier prison camp, a stop on the Underground Railroad, and its primary purpose as Union soldier enlistment and training camps.
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On the afternoon of March 6th, 1962 a practical nurse working in the formula room at Binghamton General Hospital’s maternity ward noticed the sugar…
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The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble presents their Winter Concert in two performances. Conductor Uli Speth joins us to talk about the program and about the…
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A Christmas Day battle at Fort Ticonderoga between Massachusetts and Pennsylvania regiments in the Continental Army has long been a mystery. Now, new documents detail what happened and why.
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A new documentary by Filmmaker Brian Frey.Premiered December 4, 2018 at 8:00PM on WSKG-TV. Now available for online viewing for all through 12/19 at this…
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He is among the Native Americans who played a special role in World War II, serving as the famed Code Talkers
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Over the weekend, visitors to Canalside Buffalo have an opportunity to visit the GlassBarge, a traveling exhibit by the Corning Museum of Glass which is on tour to mark 150 years of glassblowing and glass production in that town. The visit also coincides with an ongoing celebration of the Erie Canal's bicentennial.
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Judith Present's new play, 'Three Women: First, Foremost, and Unique' will be performed on Saturday, August 4 at 7:30pm at the Elks, 223 Front Street in Owego.
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Local scholars say a recent discovery found among the personal artifacts of Frederick Douglass broadens our understanding of the famed abolitionist.
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'Fresh Air' book critic Maureen Corrigan will be speaking at the 2018 Women's Fund Breakfast hosted by the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation for South Central New York. She joins us by phone to tell how she became book critic for 'Fresh Air', how many books land on her front porch every week, and what it is like to discover a great book by a previously unknown author.
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The Exterminator Extravaganza celebrates the famous racehorse Exterminator, at one time Binghamton's most famous resident. Bill Gorman joins us to talk…
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It's been 50 years since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Kennerly, who covered his short-lived run for president, describes what it was like on the ground.