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2025 Conference

The Conference and Bus Tour is NOT Sold Out. Registration is Back Open and the system is fixed. We really appreicate everyone's understanding as we fixed this issue. Thank you 

The American Revolutionary War Conference 250 (In Memory of James Kirby Martin)

May 29-June 1, 2025

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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

Jane Simpson, U.E. - Twice Refugees: A Huguenot Family’s Shades of Allegiance in Dutchess and Westchester County New York, during the American Revolution

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

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

Bus Tour - We Stood Our Ground: Touring 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.

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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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