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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!

POSTED 11/17/2024READ MORE

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 - 250^th 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 - 250^th 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

POSTED 11/15/2024READ MORE

Visit the Fort Plain Museum

Winter Season Hours of Operation

Open Saturday & Sunday

10 AM to 4 PM

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

POSTED 11/14/2024READ MORE

Thank you to our Sponsors/Supporters!

Thank you to our Museum Sponsors and Supporters, we truly appreciate it!

POSTED 11/13/2024READ MORE

The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters

Presented by Lori Mead, Fort Plain Museum Member and Volunteer

Saturday, November 23rd at 1 PM at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

POSTED 11/12/2024READ MORE

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.

POSTED 11/11/2024READ MORE