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Today, a new historic marker was dedicated in Owego honoring the life and service of Corporal Margaret Hastings. Born in 1914, Cpl. Hastings grew up in…
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Today's throwback Thursday photograph shows Owego, New York, native Corporal Margaret Hastings on her Victory Bond tour at the close of World War II.In…
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The oldest of nine children, Sarah Wakeman was born in Chenango County in 1843. In 1862, using the name Lyons Wakeman, Sarah enlisted in the Union Army.…
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In 1917, America entered the hellish nightmare of World War I. During the conflict, nearly 20,000 American nurses served in hospitals across Europe…
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On October 13, 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt and around 200 female delegates from over 50 different nations descended upon the small Upstate New York town of…
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On May 13, 1945, as the Second World War drew to a close, twenty-four American service men and women boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over…
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Born Carolina Mohawk on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Western New York, at a young age Go-Won-Go moved with her family to Greene, NY. By all…
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Today's throwback Thursday photograph comes from the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University. The image shows members of a…
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Editor’s Note: WSKG has asked faculty and graduate students in the History Department at Binghamton University to explore the history behind PBS’s new…
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Editor’s Note: WSKG has asked faculty and graduate students in the History Department at Binghamton University to explore the history behind PBS’s new…