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Local WWII POW Camps Remembered with New Research

11/2/2019

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On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., the Oriskany Museum will host a presentation by David J. Cooney on the history of local German prisoner of war camps during World War II. This presentation is free and open to the public.​

Cooney is a senior history student at Utica College and a United States Army veteran. He is currently researching the camps that housed German POWs in Utica, Rome, Boonville and Fort Drum, among other locations in Upstate New York. He is originally from St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Oriskany Museum is located at 420 Utica Street in the Village of Oriskany just off State Route 69 between the cities of Utica and Rome. The museum boasts a collection that spans American history, from Native American arrowheads to Vietnam War flight gear. Starting December 1, the museum will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm. For November hours or more information, please visit oriskanymuseum.com or call 315-736-7529.

Pictured: Artifacts from the Second World War in the Oriskany Museum Collection.

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For immediate release. For press questions or concerns, please contact Alexis W. Albright, Oriskany Museum Curator, by email at oriskanymuseum@gmail.com.

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11/6/2019 09:11:08 pm

It was so kind of Oriskany Museum to welcome such a great man like David J. Cooney. I am sure that he has a lot of knowledge to instill to people, that's why this presentation that was open to public should be visited. It's a chance for us to be familiar about the stuff in World War II. Though it paints painful memories and many lives were taken during that war, don't you think knowing some information about it is exciting? If I live there, I will make an effort to be there for sure!

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    • Visiting
    • Donations
    • Volunteering
    • 20th Anniversary
  • Events
  • Battle of Oriskany
    • History
    • The Monument Site >
      • 2020 Lecture
  • Village of Oriskany
    • About Oriskany
    • Village Government
    • Mayor's Retirement
    • Restaurants
    • Oriskany Cemetery
    • Trinkaus Park
    • Trinkaus Manor
    • Village Photo Archives
  • Oriskany Organizations
    • Historical Society
    • Alumni Association
  • USS Oriskany
    • USS Oriskany Reunion Association (ORA) >
      • 2021 Reunion
      • 2020 Reunion
      • 2019 Reunion
    • Scholarship Opportunities
    • Ship's Captains
    • Fire Aboard: October 26, 1966
    • USS Oriskany MIA/POW Shipmates
    • Sinking of USS Oriskany
    • USS Oriskany Dive Site
    • USS Oriskany Photo Collection
  • Gift Shop
  • Research