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***BOOK of the WEEK*** The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America by Bruce M. Venter - Save $3 and FREE SHIPPING To order, please visit: https://fortplainmuseum.square.site//-book-of-the-wee/156... Dr. Bruce M. Venter is currently serving on the Fort Plain Museum's Board of Trustees and is a great friend of the museum. We appreciate his support throughout the years and we look forward to working with him in the future. Dr. Venter is president of America's History LLC, a tour and conference company that offers tours of Revolutionary War battlefields and historic sites. The company annually holds a nationally recognized conference on the American Revolution in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dr. Venter serves as first vice-president of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond. He also published, "Kill Jeff Davis: Union Raid on Richmond" in 2015 (also for sale in the bookstore). America's History LLC Journal of the American Revolution Mohawk Country Visit Montgomery County NY Visit Fulton County, NY Montgomery County - NY Montgomery County Business Development Center Arcadia Publishing The History Press The History Press Hubbardton Battlefield Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, Hubbardton, VT

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Today would have been our annual holiday celebration event, Christmas at the Fort. It would have been a gathering of good friends and family, book signings, conversations, and holiday cheer. We miss our museum family and hope that everyone is healthy. If you would like to help out the museum, instead of a donation, please consider buying a book. They make great holiday gifts plus we are offering 10% off your entire purchase with Free Shipping. Please use code FPM10 at checko...ut. Offer ends Sunday, Dec 6. Please visit: https://fortplainmuseum.square.site/ We thank you for your generous support!

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Rebels, Redcoats and Zombies - Trick-or-Treat! Prior to your trick-or-treat plans, bring your family and friends to the Fort Plain Museum for treats, or tricks, and free Museum admission. Museum will be open 10-4 and Trick-or-Treat 5-6 (Treats will be available all day) Covid guidelines will be followed. Visit Montgomery County NY... Montgomery County - NY Montgomery County Business Development Center Montgomery County Executive Matt Ossenfort Mohawk Country See more

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***UPDATED HOURS*** We are currently open Saturday & Sunday - 10 am to 4 pm We are also open by appointment on days we are closed, please email [email protected] for more information or to make an appointment. ... Covid-19 recommended procedures are in place - please wear a mask - please practice social distancing (6 feet apart) - hand sanitizer is available - museum areas are properly cleaned/sanitized Thank you for your support!

Colonial John Brown’s Death at Stone Arabia (240 years ago on this day, October 19, 1780) The London Chronicle Vol. XLIX. No 3769. From Thursday, January 25, to... Saturday, January 27, 1781. Page 95. By persons lately from Albany, which they left the 7th inft. we are informed that Sir John Johnson had made a descent upon on the rebels by the way of Oswego, burned Schoharie, and 12 houses in Ball’s Town, at which last he made prisoners Col. James Gordon, an Assembly man, with Captains Benedict and Collins, and about 30 men. Passing by Fort Hunter to Canajoharie, crosses to Stone Arabia, where he burned houses of the disaffected, was attacked by a notable partisan, Colonel Brown (who had greatly distinguished himself in reducing the garrison at Fort Chamblee to surrender in 1776, and taking the baggage, and cutting off part of General Burgoyne’s rear, at Ticonderoga Landing, in 1777), this successful partisan was killed on the spot, with sixty of his men, Newspapers in England would reprint stories of the American Revolutionary War from American newspapers. This particular newspaper reported the happenings from states/cities such as Philadelphia, New York and others. Note the irony as the next story from New York states: On Tuesday last arrived in town the lady and son of Brigadier General Arnold. The back story is Colonel Brown and General Arnold were rivals from pretty much the start of the war during the Quebec Campaign of 1775. The irony being that two rivals, both for the American cause, one would meet his fate before the war’s end, while the other would become one of the most famous traitors in American History. (Newspaper in local private collection)

*****NEW BOOK***** Schenectady Genesis, Volume II: The Creation of an American City from an Anglo-Dutch Colonial Town, ca. 1760-1800 by John F. Gearing, Esq. (Author) & Chris Leonard (Editor) To order, please visit: https://fortplainmuseum.square.site//schenectady-gene/724 Schenectady Genesis, Volume II, is a follow-up to Susan Staffa’s highly acclaimed first volume, the Colonial Crucible 1661-1774. This standalone volume traces the four most tumultuous decades in the hist...ory of Schenectady: from the ending of the French & Indian War into the War for Independence, and later Schenectady’s own fight for independence from Albany. At the same time, the town was burgeoning into an economic powerhouse at the center of the international fur trade, while trying not to tear itself apart over who owned the town’s Common Lands. This all plays against the growing friction of Schenectady’s transition away from its Dutch roots into a town with a greater English influence. It is not a stretch to state the armies and militia from Schenectady, Albany and Tryon counties played major roles in securing the northern border and helping to turn the tide in the Battles of Saratoga and skirmishes throughout the Mohawk Valley. The work strongly captures the state of tension that enveloped the region as fears of invasion from the north echoed throughout the valley. While military coverage is one of the great strengths of the book, Schenectady Genesis, Volume II, is so much more than a broadsheet to stake military claims. Detailed explications and charts covering businesses and their owners, churches and religious figures, governmental leaders, the growth of education in the city, and the roles of everyday citizens are all here. Extensive and well-document endnotes provide a wealth of historical information from primary sources that add flesh to storylines that would otherwise be ignored. Journal of the American Revolution New York Almanack Schenectady County Historical Society Downtown Schenectady Schenectady, New York Stockade Historic District Stockade Historic District Schenectady County Visitors Agency [SCVA] Visit Montgomery County NY

In honor of Colonel John Brown who was killed on October 19, 1780 about 240 years ago. Thank you Lee Metzger for this wonderful reading!

Remembering those who sacrificed their all some 240 years ago during the Battles of Stone Arabia and Klock’s Field, and all of the other engagements and events ...that took place during the American Revolutionary War. Thank you to everyone who came out today, we appreciate our fellow historians, community members, and friends! See more

We will commemorate the 240th Anniversary of the Battle of Stone Arabia and the death of Col. John Brown with a cannon and musket salute tomorrow (Saturday) mor...ning 10am at the Stone Arabia Church. All are invited to attend. After the ceremony coffee and cider donuts will be served at the Fort Plain Museum. There will be free admission to the Museum. See more

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Here’s a chance to watch some excellent presentations including one by author Lucas Morel on his book, Lincoln and the American Founding. You can order Morel’s book (save $2 and Free Shipping) from our online bookstore at: https://fortplainmuseum.square.site//lincoln-and-the-/634

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***** Just got notice from publisher that copies of Colonel Hamilton and Colonel Burr: The Revolutionary War Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr have been shipped. Take advantage of 13% and FREE SHIPPING before they arrive. To order, please visit: https://fortplainmuseum.square.site//colonel-hamilton/641 Journal of the American Revolution The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society Stackpole Books... Visit Montgomery County NY See more