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Historians Podcast: African American Civil War Vets

March 20, 2015 by Bob Cudmore 2 Comments

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Leader Herald columnist Peter Betz with stories of two African American Civil War veterans from Fulton County. Betz also has a tale from the days of Sacandaga Park, operated by the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversillle Railroad. Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/

Theme music is “Gloucester Wassail”, performed by Liaisons Plaisantes from their CD, “A Plaisantes Christmas.” “The Historians” is recorded at Dave Greene’s East Line Studio.

“The Historians” podcast is also heard on RISE, WMHT’s 24-hour radio information service for the blind and print disabled in New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley.

You can support this podcast by making a contribution to “The Historians” GoFundMe page: http://www.gofundme.com/TheHistorians

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Black History, Civil War, Fulton County, Military History, Podcasts

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  1. Nancy Solomon says

    March 24, 2015 at 10:02 AM

    While you can listen to the podcasts on the web site, you can’t download them. Seems like the producer should at least get it in Itunes.

    Reply
    • John Warren says

      March 24, 2015 at 10:06 AM

      Nancy, I’ll pass that along.

      Reply

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