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Sunday, August 6, 2023 THREE SISTERS INTRODUCTION: At Moreau Lake State Park, 605 Old Saratoga Road, Gansevoort. 1:30pm. Learn about the Three Sisters method of growing corn, beans and squash. This interplanting style has been used for thousands of years by indigenous North Americans. Meet in front of the concession stand on the beach at […]
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 NATURE WALK: At the Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park. 2-3 pm. Participants will see firsthand the changes that summer brings to the wetlands of the Bog Meadow Preserve and learn about the important role that beavers play in this wetland habitat. There is always something new to discover on this guided […]
With television in its infancy, CBS and NBC fought their first all-out war for supremacy in 1953 to screen the pageantry of the coronation to a post-war America.
The splendor and spectacle for themselves. >> we have here the latest report on joe dibona's p-51 thunderbird plane. >> reporter: cbs news' bill downs relayed news as they scanned the flight scope. >> it is a clear victory for cbs. >> reporter: cbs's plane landed at 4:12 p.m. to celebration. nbc's plane some 45 minutes behind. but it was not a clear victory. nbc, realizing it would lose the flight race to cbs -- >> and that's it. and there goes tommy thompson up there to get the films. >> reporter: made a last minute deal with abc, younger and smaller at the time. it was broadcasting canada's ...