This article originally appeared in a Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park newsletter.
The Revolutionary War Conference 250 in the Mohawk Valley
Please Note the Date Change
June 14-16, 2024
Registration is Open
Registration:
- Mail (Click the Link, Print and Mail to Address on the Form): Please Click Here for the 2024 Conference Registration Form
- Online: Please Click Here to Order Online
Lodging: Please Click Here for the 2024 Hotel-Lodging Information
Conference 250 Speakers:
Fireside Chat - James Kirby Martin with guest host Mark Edward Lender - Professor and Student Discuss the American Revolutionary War, the Upcoming 250th Anniversary and Their Legacies
Nancy Bradeen Spannaus - Alexander Hamilton's War for American Economic Independence Through Two Documents: The Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress (Dec. 15, 1774) and The Farmer Refuted (Feb. 23, 1775) (Supported by the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society)
Gary Ecelbarger - "This Happy Opportunity": George Washington and the Battle of Germantown
Shirley L. Green - Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence
Mark Edward Lender - "Liberty or Death!" - Some Revolutionary Statistics and Existential Warfare
Shawn David McGhee - No Longer Subjects of the British King: The Political Transformation of Royal Subjects to Republican Citizens, 1774-1776
James Kirby Martin - The Marquis de Lafayette Visits the Mohawk Valley, Again and Again
Kristofer Ray - The Cherokees, the Six Nations and Indian Diplomacy circa 1763-1776
Matthew E. Reardon - The Traitor's Homecoming, Benedict Arnold's Raid on New London, September 4-13, 1781
John L. Smith - The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to Be Intimidated” (Supported by the Dr. Joseph Warren Foundation)
Glenn F. Williams - No Other Motive Than the True Interest of This Country: Dunmore's War 1774
Mohawk Valley Resident Historian - Chris Leonard (Schenectady City Historian) - Storehouse Schenectady: Depot and Transportation Center for the Northern War
David Moyer - Recent Archaeology Discoveries on the Site of Revolutionary War Fort Plain
