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From the pages of the Buffalo News: The early years of Juneteenth in Buffalo
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (117+ words) How the history of Old Fort Niagara occupies the same throughline as the origin story of the United States. From the archives: The Buffalo Braves owner announced the franchise sale to South Florida interests anda budget change was expected to…...
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1+ week, 2+ day ago (129+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. The corn crop was one of many victims during the 1936 heat wave. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz gets married, says 'true love is ageless' Toxic chemicals found under soil in Niagara…...
Good Morning, Buffalo: Old Fort Niagara, older than America itself, stands as a small piece of a larger history
1+ week, 5+ day ago (163+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. Re-enactors take shelter from driving rain in the French Castle during "Soldiers through the Ages" at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, May 29, 2026. People are also reading" - Alan Pergament: Where is Maryalice…...
Photos: 'Soldiers through the Ages' at Old Fort Niagara
1+ week, 5+ day ago (717+ words) Soldiers through the Ages," a program highlighting 300 years of military history with special exhibits and demonstrations, returned to'Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, May 29, 2026.' Adelaide Chapman, 1, tries out her father John Chapman's drumsticks as he re-enacts as a British red-coat soldier…...
Annin Flagmakers in South Boston, Va. have produced American flags for most major moments in history since the Civil War, including President Lincoln's inauguration and casket, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Apollo 11 mission and the bicentennial.
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (156+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. Annin Flagmakers in South Boston, Va. , partnered with America250 to manufacture "America Waves" flags. Alan Pergament: Where is Maryalice Demler? Why is there mistletoe in East Aurora in July? Ex-St. Joe's baseball…...
Jennifer and Mel Mc Mullen, shown in a 1945 photo, will celebrate their 80th anniversary at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (164+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. Longtime NFL coach John Fox paused retirement to chase Super Bowl with Bills Former Catholic parish school in Cheektowaga is about to get a new purpose Homicides in Cheektowaga and Black…...
History is around every corner at Forest Lawn Cemetery
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (631+ words) It might seem obvious that a historic cemetery deals with a lot of, well, history. But what might surprise you is how that history is always evolving. At Forest Lawn Cemetery, records and archival materials are housed in the Margaret…...
Archiving 175 Years of History with John Edens
4+ week, 1+ day ago (234+ words) Forest Lawn Archivist John Edens talks with CEO Julie Snyder about how he manages 170+ years of history at Forest Lawn Cemetery. With new discoveries made daily, the Margaret L. Wendt Archive and Resource Center provides a home for our ever-growing archives....
From the pages of The News: Mammoth skull found in Randolph in 1934
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (177+ words) On May 20, 1934, a group of workers digging a pond at a state fish hatchery near Randolph in Cattaraugus County made a stunning discovery: the skull and tusks of Columbian Mammoth. Willis Carrier was born and raised in Western New York,…...
America at 250: Willis Carrier delivered the world's first modern air conditioning system from Buffalo
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) It is one of the great ironies of American ingenuity that the man credited with inventing modern air conditioning hailed from Western New York, a region of the country famous for cold and snow. In 1902, Willis Carrier, an engineer working…...