The Historians with Bob Cudmore is now featured on Apple ITunes and GooglePlay. Search The Historians or Eastline Studio. Episode 127-Bob Cudmore with two stories: how a single mother made a living boarding soldiers who were guarding the New York Barge Canal in World War I and how a German native became an American war hero in World War II. The Bob Cudmore Go Fund Me Campaign is in need of a donation: Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, March 29, 2017-Morning clouds will give way to increasing breaks of sunshine today with temperatures close to normal. After a dry and seasonable day on Thursday, another storm system will effect not impact the region for Thursday night through Friday night with rain and snow. Although valley areas will only see limited accumulations due to mixing with rain, higher terrain areas may see at least a moderate accumulation of snow. Today in Amsterdam, Gloversville and Johnstown-Mostly cloudy, high 46. Bob Cudmore, Focus on History. Daily Gazette https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/03/24/amsterdam-woman-once-held-by-nazis Gertrude Sanford Legendre, the youngest child of wealthy Amsterdam carpet mill executive John Sanford and his wife Ethel, was held by the Nazis for six months during World War II for being an American spy. This week in The Mohawk Valley GLOVERSVILLE — To celebrate National Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, Flame, Lexington Center’s rock band, will perform a Rock for Abilities concert on March 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 at Lexington’s Gloversville facility, 127 E. State St. The Leader-Herald http://www.leaderherald.com/news/in-brief/2017/03/flame-to-perform-awareness-concert/ The American Revolution Round Table (ARRT) of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys will host Wayne Lenig, who will give a presentation entitled Joseph Brant’s 1780 Attack on Canajoharie. This session will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 6:30 pm at the Van Alstyne Homestead. On The New York History Blog. http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2017/03/20/joseph-brants-1780-attack-on-canaj Leader-Herald local history columnist, Pete Betz, will be the speaker at the annual meeting of Historic Amsterdam League at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in the common council chambers at City Hall. Peter's subject will be Amsterdam. He will discuss two different murders as well as a story involving elephants. A business meeting will follow. Free and open to the public. It is with saddened heart that I announce a temporary hiatus of the Acoustic Coffee House in Fultonville, New York. The Tuesday night before Saint Patrick’s Day 2017, during that terrible blizzard, the Fultonville United Methodist Church somehow started on fire and burned down to the ground.Tom Staudle on Facebook.https://www.facebook.com/tom.staudle/posts/1417507794955586?comment_id=1417514884954877¬if_t=feed_comment_reply¬if_id=1490120470850344
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