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Visit the Fort Plain Museum

Hours of Operation

Open 7-Days a Week - 10 AM to 4 PM

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

Groups Big and Small are Welcome, Please Contact us fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com

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2025 Conference

May 29-June 1, 2025

Conference Schedule (Final Schedule Updated: May 24, 2025): Please Click Here for the 2025 Conference Schedule

Please Click Here to Register and for More Information

(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

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.

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4th on the 3rd

The Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

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America 250 Event

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

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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.

Thank you for Supporting the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park!

POSTED 01/31/2025READ MORE

HUGE NEWS!

Pulitzer Prize Winner Rick Atkinson to Headline The Fort Plain Museum's American Revolutionary War Conference 250.

We are honored to have Rick Atkinson join us at our annual Revolutionary War Conference and we can't thank him enough. Rick will speak on his upcoming book, The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (release date Spring 2025). This is the Second Volume of Rick's Landmark American Revolution Trilogy.

The Conference is May 29-June 1, 2025, Please Click Here for More Details

Preorder The Fate of the Day by Clicking Here

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Sir William Johnson & Robert Rogers

The Fort Plain Speaker/Book Series

Sir William Johnson and Robert Rogers: The History of a Troubled Relationship with Martin Klotz - Author of Robert Rogers, Ranger, The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

Date & Time: Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 2 PM

Preregistration is Required: Cost is $10 - Includes Talk and Catered Homemade Pastries with Beverages - Book will be Available at Discounted Price

Online: Please Click Here to Order an Online Ticket

Email: info@fortplainmuseum.org with Names of Attendees, Email Address, and Phone Number

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