Here are my son DeWitt and my wife Brooke at Fort Montgomery, in upstate new York, today, watching a reenactment of the battle where their direct ancestor
James Clinton and his brother George Clinton fought against their distant relative Henry Clinton. Grant Miller, manager of the F
ort Montgomery State Historic Site, is narrating the action.
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| Fort Montgomery 10-5-14 |
And back in August we visited the Syracuse area, where I continued my
Erie Canal book research. Dan Ward, curator at the
Erie Canal Museum, showed us around the museum as well as
Camillus Erie Canal Park, which has impressive remnants of Clinton's Ditch as well as the Enlarged Canal. We also made a preliminary visit to the
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum.
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| DeWitt Clinton portrayal at Erie Canal Museum |
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| Sign at Camillus Park |
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| 1842 Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, restored in Camillus Park |
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| Dry dock at Chittenango |
