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July 2021

› 2021 › July

Message in a Bottle: From Ashes, to Artifacts, to Ancestry

July 2, 2021 Exhibit, Feature article, News
By Amie Flanigan, Erie Canal Museum Project Archivist Every summer for as long as I can remember, my family has spent weekends visiting the flea markets of Oswego County, on a quest for some very personal treasure. The treasure we sought was not gold, but glass… Even as a child I knew that my great-great-grandfather, Read More »
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