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21 Oct
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Memorial Cannon, Bergen, NY

Memorial Cannon 8-inch Columbiad Local legend says that vets of the 8th NY Heavy Artillery, many of whom lived in the area, would set off a blank charge in this gun every Memorial Day. They did this right up into ...

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21 Oct
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General Ely Samuel Parker, Pembroke, NY

General Ely Samuel Parker 1828-1895 “Do-Ne-Ho-Ga-Wa” Grand Sachem Chief “Keeper of the Western Door of the Long House of the Iroquois” Son of William and Elizabeth Parker, born in a log cabin overlooking the water-falls, at Indian Falls, N.Y., then ...

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