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2025 Conference

May 29-June 1, 2025

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(In Memory of James Kirby Martin)

Speakers and Topics Include:

Pulitzer Prize Winner Rick Atkinson - The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

Major General Jason Q. Bohm USMC (Ret) - The Birth and Early Operations of the Marine Corps: 250 Years in the Making

Alexander R. Cain - We Stood Our Ground: 250th of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775

Abby Chandler - Choosing Sides: North Carolina's Regulator Rebellion and the American Revolution

Gary Ecelbarger - The Mammoth of Monmouth: George Washington's 1778 Campaign in New Jersey

Michael P. Gabriel - Richard Montgomery and the Other Invasion of Canada

Shirley L. Green - Integrating Enslaved and Free: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary Black Regiment

Don N. Hagist - Marching from Peace into War: British Soldiers in 1775 America

Patrick H. Hannum - The Virginia Campaign of 1775-76: Kemp's Landing & Great Bridge

Wayne Lenig - The Mohawk Valley's Committee of Safety in 1775

James L. Nelson - Bunker Hill: The First Battle of the American Revolution

Eric H. Schnitzer - Breaking Convention: How a Fussy Detail about British Uniforms Doomed Burgoyne’s Army to Captivity

The James F. Morrison Mohawk Valley Resident Historian - William P. Tatum III, Ph.D. - “To Quell, Suppress, and Bring Them to Reason by Force:” Combatting the Loyalist Threat in New York during 1775

Bruce M. Venter - "It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones": Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Take Fort Ticonderoga

Sold Out - Bus Tour - Email info@fortplainmuseum.org to be put on the waiting list - We Stood Our Ground: Touring the Battles of Lexington & Concord 250 Years Later - Led by Alexander R. Cain - Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Lunch and a Copy of Cain's Book are Included.

Winter Hours

The Museum is Open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. There will be daily events and book sales. Up to 50% off select titles. Please visit us at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339. 

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