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Contacts: Teresa Mitchell, Seaway Trail, Inc.,
315-646-1000/800-SEAWAY-T;
Janet Kennedy, Lakes to Locks, 518-597-9660
Statewide French and Indian War Events List available by request to
karalynn@gisco.net
Seaway Trail Leads Programs to Promote French and Indian War Sites
Found Along New York’s Byways
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War,
four of New York State’s byways are collaborating for the first time to
publish a brochure and guidebook and to install a series of outdoor
interpretive panels at destination points significant to the war that
was the prelude to America becoming an independent nation.
Seaway Trail, Sackets Harbor, NY, is taking the lead role in three
efforts to raise public awareness about sites significant to the French
and Indian War (1754-1763) that are found along the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail, the Lakes to Locks Passage, the Revolutionary Trail and the
Mohawk Towpath National Scenic Byway. Pennsylvania representatives are
also joining in the promotion and education effort funded with a
$187,000 federal grant to Seaway Trail and by a $15,000 Pennsylvania
state grant.
A series of signature events commemorating the war will be held
throughout the state each year through 2013. Fort Ontario State Historic
Site in Oswego will host one of the major events planned for 2006 in
August. Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, holds annual reenactments and
encampments interpreting the French and Indian War period, and retains a
fine collection of 18th century military buildings. Ogdensburg plans a
2010 commemorative event tied to efforts to rebuild historic Fort La
Presentation there.
“The Great Lakes Seaway Trail region is a highly prized heritage
destination for travelers interested in America’s history and growth as
a nation. Seaway Trail, Inc. is pleased to partner with our fellow New
York State byways to share the heritage linked to the French and Indian
War with visitors and scholars,” said Teresa Mitchell, a member of New
York State’s French and Indian War Commission and executive director of
Seaway Trail, Inc.
On Wednesdays, January 18 and 25, from 9 to 11 pm each night, PBS
stations – WPBS, Watertown; WCNY, Syracuse; WXXI, Rochester; WNED,
Buffalo; and WQLN, Erie - throughout the Seaway Trail region will
feature a special four-hour documentary presentation of The War That
Made America. Narrator Graham Greene’s Oneida Indian ancestors fought in
the French and Indian War.
Battles and skirmishes of note along the Seaway Trail took place at
Ogdensburg; along the Lake Ontario shoreline; at Fort Ontario in Oswego;
at Fulton, Sodus Bay, Rochester, Braddock’s Bay, Lakeside, Four Mile
Creek, Youngstown, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, Barcelona, and Mayville, NY;
and along Seaway Trail Pennsylvania at Presque Isle and Erie, PA. To
learn more, visit the Fact Sheet section of the Press Room at
www.seawaytrail.com.
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is one of America’s Byways noted for a
historic role in the emergence of America as a nation. The waters of the
St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie supported
exploration, settlement, maritime trade and travel; shipbuilding, and
military battles. The Trail’s National Scenic Byway designation was
extended to Seaway Trail Pennsylvania in October 2005. # # #
