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Article: HOME SWEET FORT ONTARIO; HOUSING SHORTAGE BROUGHT FAMILIES THERE, REUNION SEEKS TO BRING THEM BACK AGAIN.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- May 9, 2002
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Byline: Jennika Pierie Staff writer
For most visitors, taking a trip to Fort Ontario is like visiting the past. For Dianne Costello-Leonard, it's like visiting her past.
Costello-Leonard's family lived in Fort Ontario more than five decades ago.
So did about 26 other families of soldiers who had returned from World War II to face a housing shortage in the city of Oswego.
Now, Costello-Leonard is organizing a reunion of those families for Aug. 24 at Fort Ontario.
About 10 families lived within the fort's walls, and another 16 or so lived outside on the grounds of the historic site. Representatives at the fort said they are ...