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Alan Taylor, author of “The Civil War of 1812” to give free lecture in Ogdensburg June 3

Posted 6/2/13

OGDENSBURG -- Alan Taylor, author of “The Civil War of 1812,” will give a free lecture at the Dobisky Visitors Center, 100 Riverside Ave., June 3 at 7 p.m. Taylor will describe the war from the …

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Alan Taylor, author of “The Civil War of 1812” to give free lecture in Ogdensburg June 3

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OGDENSBURG -- Alan Taylor, author of “The Civil War of 1812,” will give a free lecture at the Dobisky Visitors Center, 100 Riverside Ave., June 3 at 7 p.m.

Taylor will describe the war from the perspective of communities and citizens along the St. Lawrence River.

Attendees will be able offer comments and opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of preserving War of 1812 battlefields in local communities.

Resident feedback will be included in a WCNY documentary about the War of 1812 battlefields located throughout the North Country, including Ogdensburg .

Taylor, a distinguished professor of history at UC Davis, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1996 for his book “William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic.”