BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20211025T180000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fbfa628c43629ed3ef7991f4e52bbb9d CATEGORIES:Music & Performances CREATED:20221221T113659 SUMMARY:Import From Zap Calendar 12212022 - Murder, Mysteries, Mishaps, Maladies and Mayhem Lantern Tour URL;VALUE=URI:https://iloveoswego.com/42673/murder-mysteries-mishaps-maladies-and-mayhem- lantern-tour.html?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:\nStaff and volunteers at Fort Ontario State Historic Site, 1 E. Fourth St. , Oswego, will soon be leading lantern tours of the Fort Ontario Military R eservation National Register District. The guided “Murder, Mysteries, Misha ps, Maladies and Mayhem” lantern tours will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday ev ents and run from Sept. 28 to Oct. 26.\nCome out to explore the unusual, bi zarre, gruesome, amusing and tragic side of Fort Ontario’s 267-year history . The lantern tours will feature descriptions of who, how, why and where of ficers, soldiers, civilians and others died violently, unusually, quietly, or – sometimes – ordinarily, at the old Army post which dates back to 1755. Most, but not all, tour points will involve the death of a person while ot hers may describe an out-of-the-ordinary incident or circumstance.\nLantern tours will begin at the Enlisted Men’s Barracks inside the old stone forti fication. Each tour will run from between an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and a half. Admission is $20 per person and tickets must be ordered in adv ance. Proceeds will support fort programming, events, restoration and other projects and activities sponsored by the not-for-profit Friends of Fort On tario, Inc.\nFort Ontario State Historic Site is the location of three colo nial British fortifications and a standing fort built on those ruins by the United States from 1839 to 1844. It was also the site of three French and Indian War and two War of 1812 battles, as well as a lighthouse, a regular army infantry battalion post, a WWI Army general hospital, a New York Natio nal Guard artillery training camp, a 1940-41 U.S. Army mobilization camp, a WWII special unit training post, the only camp in the United States for WW II Holocaust refugees, and a post-WWII veterans housing emergency apartment complex.\nFort Ontario became a New York State historic site in 1949. It i ncludes a post cemetery and the oldest standing lighthouse keeper’s residen ce (1822) on the Great Lakes, which is also the second oldest such residenc e in the United States.\nTo reserve your lantern tour tickets, call the for t at 315-343-4711 or stop in the fort’s museum shop during public hours. Be sure to bring a flashlight and wear appropriate footwear, clothing, hats a nd gloves suitable for the weather and terrain. Guests can expect stairs, s loping and uneven ground, stairs and invigorating lakeside breezes.\nFor mo re information about the lantern tours or Fort Ontario State Historic Site, call 315-343-4711. The fort is located at the north end of East Fourth Str eet in Oswego, N.Y.\n This event was imported from: https://iloveoswego.com /42673/murder-mysteries-mishaps-maladies-and-mayhem-lantern-tour.html?tmpl= component (https://iloveoswego.com/42673/murder-mysteries-mishaps-maladies- and-mayhem-lantern-tour.html?tmpl=component) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Staff and volunteers at Fort Ontario State Historic Site, 1 E. Fourth St., Oswego, will soon be leading lantern tours of the Fort Ontario Military Res ervation National Register District. The guided “Murder, Mysteries, Mishaps , Maladies and Mayhem” lantern tours will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday even ts and run from Sept. 28 to Oct. 26.

Come out to explore the unusual, bizarre, gruesome, amusing and tragic side of Fort Ontario’s 267-year hist ory. The lantern tours will feature descriptions of who, how, why and where officers, soldiers, civilians and others died violently, unusually, quietl y, or – sometimes – ordinarily, at the old Army post which dates back to 17 55. Most, but not all, tour points will involve the death of a person while others may describe an out-of-the-ordinary incident or circumstance.

Lantern tours will begin at the Enlisted Men’s Barracks inside the old sto ne fortification. Each tour will run from between an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and a half. Admission is $20 per person and tickets must be ordere d in advance. Proceeds will support fort programming, events, restoration a nd other projects and activities sponsored by the not-for-profit Friends of Fort Ontario, Inc.

Fort Ontario State Historic Site is the location of three colonial British fortifications and a standing fort built on those ruins by the United States from 1839 to 1844. It was also the site of thre e French and Indian War and two War of 1812 battles, as well as a lighthous e, a regular army infantry battalion post, a WWI Army general hospital, a N ew York National Guard artillery training camp, a 1940-41 U.S. Army mobiliz ation camp, a WWII special unit training post, the only camp in the United States for WWII Holocaust refugees, and a post-WWII veterans housing emerge ncy apartment complex.

Fort Ontario became a New York State historic site in 1949. It includes a post cemetery and the oldest standing lighthous e keeper’s residence (1822) on the Great Lakes, which is also the second ol dest such residence in the United States.

To reserve your lantern tou r tickets, call the fort at 315-343-4711 or stop in the fort’s museum shop during public hours. Be sure to bring a flashlight and wear appropriate foo twear, clothing, hats and gloves suitable for the weather and terrain. Gues ts can expect stairs, sloping and uneven ground, stairs and invigorating la keside breezes.

For more information about the lantern tours or Fort Ontario State Historic Site, call 315-343-4711. The fort is located at the north end of East Fourth Street in Oswego, N.Y.

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