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Smyrna Citizens Band Concert at the Heritage Hall
The Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association invites everyone to attend this free concert on Saturday, August 1st, starting at 12:00PM.
In cooperation with the Cincinnatus Area Heritage Society's Founders Day event, this two-hour concert will be performed by one of the oldest community bands in the area. Formed in 1918, the Smyrna Citizens Band performs on the second-floor balcony of the Smyrna Public Library on Monday nights at 7:30 in July and the beginning of August.
The Association wishes to thank D's Dairy of Cincinnatus for their generous donation to support this program. In addition, this program is made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
The
Loomis Hay Loft
Sunday July 12, 2026
Sunday July 12, 2026
2PM
North Pitcher Church
1069 State Hwy 26
OVF&HA Reading Series 2026
Title:
From Turtle Island to Independence Hall:
America’s Fight for “Liberty and Justice for All.”
Books:
1. The Oneida Creation Story by Demus Elm and Harvey Antone
2. Daniel Shay’s Honorable Rebellion by Daniel Bullen
3. My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Books are limited - Reserve a set of books now
Contact Michael Foor-Pessin
on Instant Messenger, Facebook, email foorpessin@gmail.com, or (315)653-7811
First-come, first-served until gone.
1. Kickoff Event: Otselic Valley Public Library, July 14th, at 6:00pm
Books will be handed out, and Brian Lee, from the Four Counties Library System, will do a workshop on how to do ancestry searches using several different databases. Participants will be encouraged to conduct and share the results of their genealogical searches, especially searches that locate Revolutionary War soldiers.
2. Second Session: Methodist Church, South Otselic, August 28th at 7:00pm.
Author Daniel Bullen will discuss Shay’s Rebellion and the process of writing his book.
3. Final Session: Loomis Barn, on the campus of the Chenango County History Museum, October 10th, from 10:00 to 12:00.
Oneida Indian Nation expert and elder, Ron Patterson, will tell the Oneida Creation story. ***Polly Cooper commemorative coins will be distributed.
*** Reading Incentive: Participants who read all three books in the series will be gifted a 2026 Commemorative 1$ Polly Copper coin, which features Cooper’s journey to Valley Forge to instruct the Continental Army on how to prepare and cook Indian corn. These coins will be awarded at the October 10th meeting. The Oneida Indian Nation were America’s first allies in the Revolutionary War.
Field Trips:
Two field trips are being planned. The dates and times will be announced shortly.
The first trip is to Hamilton College to view the Grace Brown collection, including her famous love letters, and the journals and personal items of Samuel Kirkland, an early and important missionary to the Oneida Indian Nation and the founder of the college. We will also tour the cemetery where Kirkland and Chief Shenandoah are buried together. The second trip is the final leg of our three-part journey through the Eastern section of the Mohawk Valley. Specific stops to be announced later.
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