Just for your information, Fort Ontario has recently been threatened and very close to closure. Since it is a historic site and a public draw, closing it would also mean that less people would be coming to the site where the Jewish refugees were interned. "The journeyÌ¢âÂÛwhich culminated in the refugees' arrival in New York harbor on August 3, 1944 and their being given sanctuary on an old army base in Oswego, New YorkÌ¢âÂÛbecame "the defining Jewish moment" of Gruber's life."
For a while, the many supporters of the Fort and the Safe Haven museum have been able to keep it open at this time, but I thought your site might be a good place to bring awareness to people who have had some interest in this historic place. Also, I am not sure how to send this without a homepage, so I have added the SafeHaven address as the Homepage, but it is not my own Homepage.
Just for your information, Fort Ontario has recently been threatened and very close to closure. Since it is a historic site and a public draw, closing it would also mean that less people would be coming to the site where the Jewish refugees were interned. "The journeyÌ¢âÂÛwhich culminated in the refugees' arrival in New York harbor on August 3, 1944 and their being given sanctuary on an old army base in Oswego, New YorkÌ¢âÂÛbecame "the defining Jewish moment" of Gruber's life."
For a while, the many supporters of the Fort and the Safe Haven museum have been able to keep it open at this time, but I thought your site might be a good place to bring awareness to people who have had some interest in this historic place. Also, I am not sure how to send this without a homepage, so I have added the SafeHaven address as the Homepage, but it is not my own Homepage.
Some news links: http://www.syracuse.com/news/i...
http://www.facebook.com/group....
http://www.oswegohaven.org/
Thank you for your attention in this! -RP