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The Historians Podcast fund drive has raised $2610, the end zone $7000 for 2023. It's a bit of a tall order. Please help us provide more history programing on Fort Ticonderoga, Old Fort Johnson and the Wild West and coming up Movie History. (Episode #500 this November) Please donate online with the link at the top of the page or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302. Thank you 

Master furniture maker John Los will be the featured speaker for the first Wednesday lecture of the Old Fort Johnson summer  series. He will demonstrate how the classic American Windsor chair was made, using four variations of the style that he built and donated to Old Fort Johnson.

Evenings at Old Fort Johnson
"Building the Windsor Chair" Wednesday, June 21, 6:30 pm

https://www.oldfortjohnson.org/

Tomorrow, Thursday, June 22, 2023

Homeless man sketched the homes of others by Bob Cudmore

   Fritz Vogt slept in barns and relieved the pain of rheumatism with alcohol. He spoke broken English and died at a poorhouse. Yet he left a collection of 200 drawings that have been prized by art collectors and exhibited at museums

Fritz Vogt at The Arkell

http://www.arkellmuseum.org/content/fritz-vogt-drawings-sense-place

Friday, June 23, 2023-Episode 480 

A highlights edition with excerpts from podcasts on the Holocaust, Amsterdam history, Harlem, the Battle of Bennington, desegregation, Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Johnson.

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Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, June 21, 2023

61 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 6:11AM

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 3 to 7 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
 
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