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The Historians: Ghosts of the Past and a Dedicated Drummer

October 3, 2014 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on “The Historians”, Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam (N.Y.) League on their Ghosts of the Past Tour; Barry Wygel of Time Warner Cable News on the 100th anniversary of the Glove Theatre in Gloversville; my story of two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, one black and one white, who fought in the Civil War

In the second half of the show I talk with Angela Cave, author of the book Keeping Time, the remarkable story of 98-year old drummer Fred Randall from Schenectady.

Listen to the whole program at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/

“The Historians” theme music is “Gloucester Wassail”, performed by Liaisons Plaisantes from their CD, “A Plaisantes Christmas”. Liaisons Plaisantes play music from the 1700s. Members include Ron Burch, Olof Jansson, Marilee Urbanczyk, Sue-Ann Wheadon and Susan Casler.

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  1. Roy Clement Jr says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:26 PM

    During the Civil War there was no Congressional Medal of Honor it was Medal of Honor. Not until after WWI did it become known as The Congressional Medal of Honor.

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