For the 20th consecutive year, Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, will honor the community’s veterans and their nearly 200 years of service to the Nation in November.
From Thursday, Nov. 5, through Dec. 12, the museum will present “Remembering Our Veterans: The Paths they Followed,” in the museum’s main first floor room. The exhibit will be free and open to the public during regular museum hours, Thursdays, 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Mondays, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.. The museum is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Many local heroes have taken different paths in the service of their country, and this year, the museum will highlight several of their remarkable journeys through the use of detailed maps tracing their paths of service.
Among the military veterans and the paths they followed during their service expected to be included in this year’s exhibits will be Civil War sailor Orville Beebe. Beebe served aboard the USS Moose, a civilian riverboat turned into an ironclad warship for the “Brown Water Navy” in 1863. The Moose was best-known for her action attacking Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s raiders who were attempting to cross the Ohio River back into Kentucky from Ohio in July 1863. Cannon fire from the Moose helped stop Morgan’s raiders from escaping by recrossing the river on July 19 and led to the capture of most of the Rebel force.
—Little White School Museum