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Museum is Open Weekends!
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The Museum is Open on Weekends, 10 am to 4 pm. There will be daily events and we extended our huge book sale. 25% off your entire purchase and 50% off select titles. Please visit us at 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339.
Thank you for Supporting the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park!
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
Winter Season Hours of Operation
Open Saturday & Sunday
10 AM to 4 PM
389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
Thank you to our Sponsors/Supporters!
Thank you to our Museum Sponsors and Supporters, we truly appreciate it!
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!
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
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.
Basket Making at the Fort!
Basket Making at the Fort
Please Reach out to Christina at fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com
Halloween Event
389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339
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