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1865: Syracuse mourns the death of President Abraham Lincoln Updated 4:00 PM; Today 4:00 PM President Lincoln’s mock funeral Hanover Square, April 19, 1865. Courtesy of the Onondaga Historical AssociationCourtesy of the Onondaga Histori Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of history, Onondaga Historical Association One Hundred Fifty-Six Years Ago: It is difficult to imagine, even having lived through the last year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the manic week endured by the American people beginning on April 9, 1865. That evening, newspapers in Central New York and all across the war-to...

Staff writer ANNIVERSARY — An exhibit celebrating the 160th anniversary of a speech then-President-elect Abraham Lincoln delivered in Steubenville on Feb. 14, 1861, is now open at the Historic Fort Steuben Visitors Center. The exhibit uses objects and artifacts to tell the story of the Civil War. -- Linda Harris STEUBENVILLE — For the next three weeks, Historic Fort Steuben Visitors Center is offering area residents a glimpse of life during the Civil War. The exhibit celebrates the 160th anniversary of a speech then-President-elect Abraham Lincoln delivered in Steubenville on Feb. 14, 186...

February is Black History Month, it’s something that no American of any race, color, or creed should forget. African Americans, the decendants of slaves and slaves themselves fought for freedom that was only at best was in the promissory note of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those men, and women in the case of Harriett Tubman and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for freedom for African Americans and all others who benefited from what they fought for: women, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and other Hispanics, Asian Americans, and LGBTQ Americans. That promise being made then, must be...

Susannah Colt: Through the lens of the Johnson impeachment Published: 1/22/2021 6:00:06 AM At the House Rules Committee on Impeachment Resolution held on Jan. 13, Congressman Dan Bishop, Republican from North Carolina, discussed the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868. He said, “Once before the House impeached the president within a week of the alleged offense – that was President Johnson days after he removed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in 1868. Over 50 years later the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Tenure of Office Act that President Johnson had refused to o...