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A couple weeks apart in May, the ribbon will be cut on two major projects at historic and cultural sites in Auburn.
Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...
AUBURN - Maureen E. Burns, a lifelong Auburn resident, passed away Wednesday surrounded by loving family at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, NY ... volunteer at the Seward House.
Located at Quarry Farm, just outside the town of Elmira in northwestern New York, Twain's aerie ... she moved into an Auburn house provided by her friend William Seward, a passionate abolitionist ...
In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward reached an agreement with ... In 1923, the Cunard liner Laconia arrived in New York City, the first passenger ship to circumnavigate the world.
He needed no White House speechwriter ... Secretary of State William Seward. On the first occasion on which Seward offered a major contribution—Lincoln's first inaugural—the president ...
She settled in Auburn because the area was a hub for abolitionists and the city was one of many stops along New York's Underground Railroad system. In honor of Juneteenth, the Seward House Museum ...
Mother’s Day’s May timing coincides perfectly with Skaneateles’ springtime renaissance, when the community shakes off winter dormancy with visible enthusiasm. The village’s many gardens burst with ...
For all the New Yorkers who think they’ve seen everything the Empire State has to offer, I’m about to let you in on a secret that might make you question your explorer credentials. Hidden away in the ...
Over the last decade, renowned historian Robert May, author of “Manifest Destiny’s Underworld” and other fascinating books ...
Schweinfurth Art Center's annual juried "Made in NY" exhibition features 67 artworks by 66 artists from across New York State ...