Fort Plain Museum Presents: American Revolutionary War 250th Conference

The Fort Plain Museum's American Revolutionary War Conference 250 (In Memory of our Great Friend James Kirby Martin) May 29 – June 1, 2025 Thursday, May 29, 2025 - FMCC - 2805 NY-67, Johnstown, NY 12095 - Parking Lots B & C 7:00 am - 7:00 pm Bus Tour – Touring the Battles of Lexington and Concord 250 Years Later – Led by Historian/Author Alexander Cain This is an in-depth tour of where the “first shots” rang out starting the American War for Independence. We will visit the battle sites, battle road and many of the museums and historic sites that are associated with the battles. Lunch and a Copy of Cain’s Book are included. Friday, May 30, 2025 - Fulton-Montgomery CC - 2805 NY-67, Johnstown, NY 12095 - Theater Visual Arts & Communications Building 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Opening Reception and Registration 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Opening Remarks 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Wayne Lenig - The Mohawk Valley's Committee of Safety in 1775 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm 15 Minute Break 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Don N. Hagist - Marching from Peace into War: British Soldiers in 1775 America 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm 15 Minute Break 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Eric H. Schnitzer - Breaking Convention: How a Fussy Detail about British Uniforms Doomed Burgoyne’s Army to Captivity 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm 15 Minute Break 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 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 6:00 pm Closing Remarks - Please be back by 8:00 am Saturday Morning Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Fulton-Montgomery CC - 2805 NY-67, Johnstown, NY 12095 - Theater Visual Arts & Communications Building 8:45 am Opening Remarks - Please Bring your Coffee 9:00 am - 10:00 am Pulitzer Prize Winner Rick Atkinson - The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 10:00 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break 10:15 am - 11:15 am Major General Jason Q. Bohm USMC (Ret) - The Birth and Early Operations of the Marine Corps: 250 Years in the Making 11:15 am - 11:30 am 15 Minute Break 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Abby Chandler - Choosing Sides: North Carolina's Regulator Rebellion and the American Revolution 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Sponsored by Lorna Hainesworth - History Ambassador/National Traveler 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 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 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm 15 Minute Break 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Alexander R. Cain - We Stood Our Ground: 250th of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm 15 Minute Break 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm James L. Nelson - Bunker Hill: The First Battle of the American Revolution 5:00 pm Closing Remarks - Please be back by 8:00 am Sunday Morning Saturday, May 31, 2025 – The Fort Plain Museum – 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception – More details to follow Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Fulton-Montgomery CC - 2805 NY-67, Johnstown, NY 12095 - Theater Visual Arts & Communications Building 8:00 am - 8:15 am Opening Remarks - Please Bring your own Coffee 8:15 am - 9:15 am Shirley L. Green - Integrating Enslaved and Free: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary Black Regiment 9:15 am - 9:30 am Coffee Break 9:30 am - 10:30 am Michael P. Gabriel - Richard Montgomery and the Other Invasion of Canada 10:30 am - 10:45 am 15 Minute Break 10:45 am - 11:45 am Patrick H. Hannum - The Virginia Campaign of 1775-76: Kemp's Landing & Great Bridge 11:45 am - 12:00 pm 15 Minute Break 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Gary Ecelbarger - The Mammoth of Monmouth: George Washington's 1778 Campaign in New Jersey 1:00 pm Closing Remarks Thank You for Attending our American Revolutionary War 250th Conference! The 2026 Conference Dates – 2026 https://fortplainmuseum.org