On Memorial Day weekend, Old Fort Niagara will host Soldiers Through the Ages – a journey through a millennium of military ...

It was, however, susceptible to shifts in overall military and political power. Following the end of the French and Indian War in 1895 the British gained control over Fort Niagara and held the ...

On the walls of the Officers’ Club at Fort Niagara State Park in Youngstown ... at War” and depicts several scenes from 20th century military campaigns. The next time the public will have ...

Old Fort Niagara is unique in that it’s history as a military outpost is not limited to the War of 1812. The fort was of strategic importance from 1726 through 1815, and served as an active ...

With the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, however, the strategic value of Fort Niagara diminished. It nonetheless remained an active military post well into the 20th century.

That’s how Fort George just a few miles from Niagara Falls got its name. The guys who built it named it after “Goofy George,” who noted in his journal on July 4, 1776: “Nothing much ...