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2018 American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference

11 Great Author/Historian Presentation and Panel Discussion

Thursday, June 7, 2018 - Author Presentation:

• Michael E. Newton - Alexander Hamilton’s Revolutionary War Service  

Friday, June 8, 2018 - Author Presentation:

• Russell Shorto - Revolution Song: America’s Founding Era in Six Remarkable Lives

Saturday/Sunday, June 9-10, 2018 - Author Presentations:

• Edward G. Lengel – George Washington and the Burning of New York City, 1776
• Eric H. Schnitzer – “Hessians” at the Battle of Bennington, 1777
• James L. Nelson – Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Story of the Rag Tag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Valcour Island and Won the American Revolution
• Don N. Hagist – Redcoats Along the Mohawk: British Soldiers in Western New York, 1777-1783
• Bruce M. Venter – Benedict Arnold's Nemesis: Colonel John Brown's Fateful Journey to the Mohawk Valley
• Jennifer DeBruin – Traitors, Spies & Heroes: Loyalist Espionage in the American Revolution
• Glenn F. Williams – Sir William Johnson, the Iroquois Confederacy and Lord Dunmore’s War
• John Buchanan – Two Warriors: George Washington and Sir William Howe
• Wayne Lenig – The Tryon County Committee of Safety
• Panel Discussion - Patriot or Loyalist? 

Bus Tour of the 1778 Battle & Raid Sites 

Thursday, June 7, 2018 
Bus tour of historic sites featuring the events of 1778; the Battle of Cobleskill, the Cherry Valley Massacre, Springfield, Andrustown, Adam Helmer’s Run, Fort Herkimer and Fort Plain/Rensselaer. Lunch stop in Cooperstown.

Genealogy Day 

Friday, June 8, 2018 
Visit Mohawk Country historic sites (sites, schedules and admission fees will be posted separately). Sites will have presentations and/or historians on hand to discuss the families that fought on both sides during the American Revolution.

An Evening with Washington and Madison - Fundraiser Dinner

Saturday, June 9, 2018 (Evening) 
Join George Washington and James Madison as they discuss their journeys to upstate New York and other founding moments. All new Fundraising Dinner. Cash bar with a variety of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages. 

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