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Andy Bass
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Historian. Publications include “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Visits to Westchester, 1956-1967," Westchester Historian, 94(2).
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Westchester County, New York
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The video I linked to above is very interesting. The Rutgers-Princeton game was brought up during the Q & A.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Looks about right.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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What year do think this photo was taken?
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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200 years ago today, November 4, 1825:

Governor DeWitt Clinton's flotilla completed a 10-day voyage from Buffalo to New York City in celebration of the opening of the Erie Canal. Clinton performed a symbolic "Wedding of the Waters" by pouring a keg of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic Ocean.
An image of an engraving titled, “Erie Canal Celebration, New York, November 4, 1825,” is displayed inside the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York. (Erie Canal Museum 75.47) The engraving was created by the Society of Iconophiles in 1900. The image is part of the museum’s “Wedding of the Waters” installation. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) An image of Charles Yardley Turner’s 1905 mural, “Marriage of the Waters,” is displayed on a timeline panel in the Locks District Museum in Lockport, New York. The painting depicts the famous scene of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton pouring a keg of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic Ocean during a ceremony on November 4, 1825. The symbolic act was to show that the two bodies of water were “married” because of the opening of the Erie Canal. The original mural decorates the auditorium of DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A depiction of Governor DeWitt Clinton pouring a keg of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic Ocean is the centerpiece of a Buffalo sculpture commemorating the Erie Canal. The bronze bas relief titled, “Wedding of the Waters,” was designed and sculpted by Henry Schmidt and William Koch in 2000. The artists’ depiction of Clinton’s ceremonial act was based on Charles Yardley Turner’s famous 1905 mural of the scene. The public art adorns the exterior of the Longshed Building at Canalside on the Buffalo Waterfront. The sculpture was cast at the nearby Buffalo Maritime Center Foundry. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) The original keg that New York Governor DeWitt Clinton used to ceremoniously pour Lake Erie water into the Atlantic Ocean sits on display at the New York Historical in New York City. (The New York Historical, X.48) It’s among a handful of artifacts featured in the “Erie Canal 200th Anniversary” installation. The display in the Joel I. & Joan Picket Museum Treasures Case began in September 2025 and runs through March 15, 2026. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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200 years ago today, November 2, 1825:

New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal arrived at the canal's eastern terminus in Albany en route to New York City. They had departed Buffalo, the canal's western terminus, one week earlier.
The south side of a two-sided historical marker notes the site of the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal. It stands along the Hudson River at Corning Riverfront Park in Albany, New York. The undated marker was erected by the Canal Society of New York State. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) The north side of a two-sided historical marker notes the site of the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal. It stands along the Hudson River at Corning Riverfront Park in Albany, New York. The Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge is in the background. The undated marker was erected by the Canal Society of New York State. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A Staffordshire semi-china bowl features a scene based on James Eights’ watercolor painting, “Entrance of the Erie Canal into the Hudson River at Albany.” The bowl is part of a series of chinaware with views of the canal that was produced at the time of its opening in 1825. The item is owned by the Erie Canal Museum (00.2419) and is displayed at their location along the original route of the canal in Syracuse, New York. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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200 years ago today, November 1, 1825:

New York Governor DeWitt Clinton’s flotilla celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal traversed what is now Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. The Mohawk Valley site has a half-mile portion of the original canal prism with guard and lift-lock remains.
An observation deck with a wayside exhibit titled, “Original Erie Canal,” overlooks a surviving half-mile-long canal prism of the original Erie Canal at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, New York. The stone remains of the East Guard Lock are visible in the foreground. The original 40-foot-wide canal, known as “Clinton’s Ditch,” was in operation here from 1822 to 1845. The flotilla led by Governor DeWitt Clinton’s boat Seneca Chief passed through this canal prism on November 1, 1825. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) An observation deck with a wayside exhibit titled, “East Guard Lock,” overlooks the stone remains of the original Erie Canal guard lock at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, New York. The lock was 15 feet wide and 90 feet long. The flotilla led by Governor DeWitt Clinton’s boat Seneca Chief passed through the lock on November 1, 1825. The East Guard Lock was filled with gravel in 1980 to prevent its stone walls from collapsing inward. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) An eastward view shows the stone remains of Lock 20 at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, New York. The only surviving lift lock from the original Erie Canal lies at the eastern end of a surviving half-mile portion of the original canal prism. The 15 x 90 lock provided boats an 8-foot lift between 1822 and 1845. The flotilla led by Governor DeWitt Clinton’s boat Seneca Chief passed through the lock on November 1, 1825. Lock 20 was filled with gravel in 1980 to prevent its stone walls from collapsing inward. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A wayside exhibit titled “Lock 20” overlooks the stone remains of the lift lock on the original Erie Canal at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, New York. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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100 years ago today, October 26, 2025:

New York Governor DeWitt Clinton celebrated the opening of the Erie Canal by leading a flotilla on an inaugural voyage from Buffalo to New York City. On the first day, his boat, the Seneca Chief, went by the communities of Tonawanda, Pendleton, and Lockport.
A 2013 historical marker noting the former right-of-way of the original Erie Canal stands in Niawanda Park, a city park along the Niagara River in Tonawanda, New York. The marker is approximately 12 miles north of the original Erie Canal terminus in Buffalo and stands alongside Riverwalk, a section of the Erie Canal Trail. It was erected by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas and sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. Governor Dewitt Clinton’s inaugural voyage passed through the site on October 26, 1825. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A plaque embedded in a rock along Tonawanda Creek Road in Pendleton, New York, commemorates the arrival of Governor Dewitt Clinton’s flotilla near the site on October 26, 1825. The marker is located just south of the Irish Road intersection. Pendleton is approximately 24 miles northeast from the original Erie Canal terminus in Buffalo. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A digital reproduction of the mural “The Opening of the Erie Canal, October 26, 1825,” adorns a wall inside the Erie Canal Discovery Center, a museum in Lockport, New York. The original mural was painted by artist A. Raphael Beck from 1925 to 1928. It was commissioned in celebration of the centennial of Governor Dewitt Clinton’s stop at the Flight of Five Locks in Lockport during his inaugural voyage through the canal. The Lockport locks are approximately 30 miles northeast from the original Erie Canal terminus in Buffalo. (Andy Bass photo, 2025) A pennant commemorating the Erie Canal Bicentennial in Lockport, New York, is among the merchandise for sale in the Erie Canal Discovery Center Gift Shop at 24 Church Street. The museum is one of two main locations of the Niagara History Center. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)
October 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The Fenway Park tour guide pictured in photo #4 above is Will Stilwell of Quincy, Massachusetts.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM