The New York Community That Welcomed 1,000 WWII Refugees

(via Atlas Obscura)  In 1944, when Oswego was selected by the U.S. to shelter refugees from Europe, it was chosen not for its Americana but for its practicality. Oswego’s Fort Ontario—which had been used in the Revolutionary War, the French and Indian War, and the War of 1812—had since been deactivated. The townspeople were fighting to have it reopened just as Roosevelt issued his invitation for 1,000 World War II refugees to come to America.