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Welcome
to the Official Website of the Friends of Fort Ontario.
It
seems an appropriate tribute to the devoted volunteers who have committed
tens
of thousands of hours, in service to Fort Ontario, that we launch our
web site during the 15th Anniversary Celebration of Friends of Fort Ontario.
From
the original few participants gathering in 1988, we moved forward to gain
our charter in 1989. Since then, we have grown in numbers and financial
contributions in support
of Fort Ontario State Historic Site.
Most
recently, the Friends surpassed many of our original goals. Our programs
have yielded very high attendance, we opened and staffed our on site museum
shop, partnered with site and regional staff, and county and state elected
officials to install a bluestone interior walkway at Fort Ontario. This
past year two exterior buildings (flankers) were added to the Enlisted
Men’s Barracks. The West Guardhouse is in the completion stage of
an expansive restoration. Our second newsletter this year was recently
distributed and now through this web site, we will reach a global community.
We
continue to operate as an all volunteer organization. This has been accomplished
and maintained by an effective collaboration facilitated through the Memorandum
of Understanding that the Friends of Fort Ontario and the New York State
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation operate by.
Our
pride in the Fort, as an important historical military site, drives our
fundraising for much needed capital improvements. The history of the military
involvement and the subsequent social histories, confirm this institution’s
dominance in the development of the Northern Frontier. Oswego was originally
settled, on Lake Ontario, as a trading center. This further links Fort
Ontario’s prominence to more recent times.
We
welcome you to tour our website and hope with the tools provided you will
make Fort Ontario, in Oswego, New York, part of your travel plans. There
are informative brochures and articles provided by knowledgeable staff
and Friends historians.
Current
events and visitation hours will be updated for your convenience. To book
tours and for hours of operation the telephone number of Fort Ontario
State Historic
Site is listed below.
Remember,
as you tour our site you will step into the footprints of Fort Ontario’s
history
as
“Guardian of the Northern Frontier”.
Fort
Ontario State Historic Site
One
East Fourth Street
Oswego,
New York 13126 USA
Telephone:
1-315-343-4711

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