Old Fort Niagara - Historic 1812 American Flag - Youngstown, New York
Join us as we step back in time at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York. Here we learn the history of the fort, including why it was built to look more like a home than a fort, and hear about the various times it changed ownership and the battles that took place here. Josiah finds the historic 1812 American Flag and talks about why it is so important.
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Old Fort Niagara
The less talked about things are the most worth exploring. Niagara falls off course needs no introduction, but the lesser known Old fort Niagara is definitely a worth visit if you happen to be in the Niagara County, New York. This Place has a certain french aura to it, owing to it's historic association with New France, Britain and then the US Army. The fort now serves as a State Historic Site Fort Niagara State park and museum. The Niagara river with Canadian side on the other shore makes it up for a breathtaking panoramic view. Reenactors dressed in British 1812 uniforms inact short performance about the intricacies of loading and firing a musket is definitely worth a watch. Military presence of States Coast Guard on the site still operating at The Bottoms making Fort Niagara one of the longest continuously run military bases in the United States.
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HISTORIC OLD FORT NIAGARA
BUILD BY THE FRENCH 1678–1759
CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH 1759–1796
UNITED STATES 1815–1963
RESTORED 1927
U.S. ARMY 1815–1963
U.S. COAST GUARD 1963–present
The fort played an important role in the struggles of France, Great Britain, and the United States to control the Great Lakes region of North America, and also helped shape the destinies of the Six Nations peoples and the nation of Canada.
Three-hundred years of history, the site of historic battles and sieges, trading and conquest, Old Fort Niagara is an exciting place where the past comes to life.
Fort grounds and buildings, including the original French Castle. The 22-acre Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site and beautiful point where the Niagara River enters Lake Ontario.
ENTRANCE- Gate of the Five Nations: This gate, with its moat, ramp, drawbridge and head house, served as the main entrance throughout French, British and US.
SOUTH BLOCKHOUSE: A peculiarity of these blockhouses is the construction which permits complete dismantling of the roof on short notice in case of attack, thus obviating the danger of flying splinters from direct hits of artillery fire.
HISTORICAL INSTITUTE: Many portraits in oil of historic characters of early Niagara and the conquest of mid-America.
Pouchot's Powder Magazine, built in 1757, a storehouse for ammunition.
STORE / BLACKSMITH SHOP/WORK SHOP: This building is used for the same purpose today as by the French nearly 200 years ago. The workshops are in daily use for the and maintenance of the Old Fort and therefore closed to the public, but the trading post at the west end, is used as shop of souvenirs of Old Fort Niagara.
HOT SHOT OVEN: This small, stone furnace was used to heat cannon balls red‑hot before they were fired, the object being to ignite the target, such as a ship in the river, a fortification or other inflammable equipment of an enemy.
THE MILLET CROSS. An eighteen‑foot cross named after Fr. Pierre Millet
THE CASTLE
The oldest, largest and most important building in Old Fort Niagara is known affectionately as the Castle.
Castle consists of
Trade Room,Entrance Hall,Haunted Well,Bakery-Kitchen,Military Kitchen,Council Chamber,Guard House or Garrison Prison.
Powder Magazine,Guard Room,Off duty guard room.
The Chapel, Officers' Chambers,Officers' Deck,
Gun Room.
In the center of Old Fort Niagara,
Fly the flags of three great nations:
France, Great Britain and the United States.
An endless story lives within these fort walls…
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Located just 15 miles north of Niagara Falls, NY, you'll never forget your visit to Old Fort Niagara - oldfortniagara.org.
It is literally a living museum with special events all year round and some of the nation's biggest reenactments and live battles. There is a wonderful visitor center with a movie talking about the history of the area and really neat gift shop.
Old Fort Niagara is an international historic treasure with almost as much British / Canadian history as the United States. It contains the oldest stone building and structures on the Great Lakes. The fort sits on the beautiful grounds of Fort Niagara State Park.
If you are lucky enough to be on the grounds during sunsets you will be blown away as it is the absolute best vantage point for some of the world's best sunsets.
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Fort Niagara State Park is located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Historic Fort Niagara is located within the park. The 504-acre (2.04 km2)[2] park is northwest of Youngstown near the northern terminus of the Robert Moses State Parkway and is in the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area.
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Fort Niagara State Park in Youngstown, NY.
Website Link: oldfortniagara.org
History:
This house, the “castle” of Fort Niagara was built by the French 1726, approximately on the site occupied by La Salle 1678, and Denonville 1687. Taken by the British 1759, it was held by them as a base of warfare against the American Frontiers during The War of Revolution. First occupied by The United States Aug 11, 1796; retaken by the British Dec 19, 1813. Coming finally, May 22, 1815, under the flag of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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An outpost that grew into a fortress, Fort Niagara played an important role in the struggle to control North America. For more than 150 years, Fort Niagara protected a strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River in Youngstown, NY. Four nations struggled to conquer it and thus control that critical water artery. Rare archival materials, expert commentary, and reenactments recount the history of the fort from its beginnings through modern times.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake (Cayuga: Tganawai: (2011 population 15,400) is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara River from Youngstown, New York, US. It is the only town in Canada that has a Lord Mayor.
The settlement, known from about 1781 as Butlersburg, in honour of Colonel John Butler, the commander of Butler's Rangers, was renamed West Niagara to distinguish it from Fort Niagara. It was a British military base and haven for pro-British loyalists fleeing the United States during the volatile aftermath of the American Revolution. Renamed Newark by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1792, he made it the first capital of Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario), The first provincial parliament was convened at the Navy Hall on September 17, 1792. Due to Newark's close proximity to the American border, Simcoe moved the capital in 1797 to York and Newark was officially renamed 'Niagara' in 1798.
Niagara played a central role in the War of 1812. Niagara was taken by American forces after a two-day bombardment by cannons from Fort Niagara and the American Fleet, followed by a fierce battle. Later in the war the town was razed and burnt to the ground by American soldiers as they withdrew to Fort Niagara. Undaunted by this setback, often referred to as the burning of Newark, the citizens rebuilt the town after the war, with the residential quarter around Queen Street and toward King Street, where the new Court House was rebuilt using material from the firing range of the cannons at Fort Niagara. In 1859 the town built its first public school, Niagara Public School.
The town's present name was adopted around 1880 as a Postal Address to distinguish the town from Niagara Falls. The name was not officially adopted until 1970, when the Town of Niagara and the Township of Niagara were merged.
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