From the May 20th Oswego County (NY) Today "Fort Ontario Hosts Memorial Day Ceremony and 1814 Battlefield Tour"
There will be a May 28th Memorial Day program held at the Fort Ontario Post cemtery put on by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Friends of Fort Ontario.
There will also be a tour of the May 5-6, 1814 battlefield.
The fort's cemetery has 77 graves of men and women who fought or served at the fort from 1759 to 1943. That includes French and Indian War, Revolutionary War. War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Indian Wars, Philippines Insurrection and both world wars.
Fort Ontario is located in the city of Oswego.
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2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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