To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the UNITED STATES’ entry
into WORLD WAR I, ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (OHA) is excited to
present an exhibit on ONONDAGA COUNTY’s role in the Great War in
the Murray-Sales Gallery at the ONONDAGA HISTORICAL MUSEUM at 321
Montgomery Street in downtown SYRACUSE.The exhibit features
photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets & other military
accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters,
diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items
illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world
at large. The exhibit focuses on the people, places, and events at
home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse
corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions
explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.
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