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Basket Making at the Fort!
Basket Making at the Fort
Please Reach out to Christina at fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com
Christmas at the Fort
The Museum is Located at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
Up to 50% Off Select Titles - Many to Choose From - All other books and gift shop items 25% Entire Purchase
German Beer will be served by Eisenadler Brauhaus
There will be plenty Refreshments and Christmas Cheer!
November Events
2025 Conference
Save-the-Date
The American Revolutionary War Conference 250
May 29-June 1, 2025
Speakers Confirmed (More will be added and topics updated soon)
Major General Jason Q. Bohm USMC - 250th United States Marine Corp
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 - State of British Army in 1775
Patrick H. Hannum - Great Bridge and Kemps Landing, Virginia 1775
Edward G. Lengel - 250th General George Washington and the Continental Army
Wayne Lenig - Committee of Safety and the Mohawk Valley in 1775
James Kirby Martin - Setting the Stage for Bloody Warfare in the Mohawk Valley: Neutrality versus Partisan Combat 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
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: Battles of Lexington & Concord, April 19, 1775 - Led by Alexander R. Cain
Visit the Fort Plain Museum
Fall Season Hours of Operation
Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday
10 AM to 4 PM
389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
Book Talk - Defending For Stanwix
Today - NEW BOOK Release Talk Featuring William Larry Kidder on his new book: Defending Fort Stanwix: A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 6 pm to 8 pm - at the SUNY Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Please Click Here to Register
For those who can't make the talk tonight, Larry will be signing his new book at the Museum today from Noon to 3 PM today. Call 518-993-2527 for more information.
Thank you to our Sponsors/Supporters!
Thank you to our Museum Sponsors and Supporters, we truly appreciate it!
Halloween Event
389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
Holding Down the Fort
Join us at the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 12-5 PM for Holding Down the Fort, the Frontier Women Save Fort Plain. We have a wide variety of events going on throughout the day. The Museum is located at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
*12-5 pm Eisenadler Brew House - Cold Local Brewed Beer
*1pm Guest Speaker Wayne Lenig -"The Year of the Burning: Joseph Brant's Canajohary Raid - August 2, 1780" - Wayne takes a step back in history as he explains the heroic story, and the fight in the frontier for survival.
*3pm Guest Speaker Phil Weaver - "Henry Defendorff: A Very Intelligent Man" - If the Canajohary District's Henry Defendorff was not a spy during the American Revolution, he was the closest thing to it. Weaver follows Defendoff's wartime adventures and his life as an Officer of the Continental Army.
*Free Museum Admission to all Women in honor of the Women "Holding Down the Fort"
*Hilltop Tours given by Norm Bollen/Chairman of the Fort Plain Museum
*Cannon and Musket Demonstrations through out the day courtesy of 1st Tryon County Militia
*Colonial Encampment/Reenactors
*Lori Mead - Herbs of Yesterday and Today - Explore the Herbs that were used by Natives and Colonials, including their usage and how we still use them today.
*Other demonstrations will also be taking place through out the day with FPM Board Member Pete Couser, and Historian Scott Pratt. ...And Much More!
Remembering the August 2nd Raid of Canajohary
Remembering the August 2nd 1780 Raid of Canajohary!
Friday, August 2, 2024 at 6 pm
Join us at the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park as we hold a Commemoration on the hilltop near the flagpoles. The American Veterans and First Tryon County Militia will be on hand.
The Museum is located at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339