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
Cultivating a Nature Journal at Landis Arboretum
Nature writing gives us a chance to explore and recount the experiences that await us outside. Connecting with Nature offers the opportunity to slow down and observe with all of our senses while realigning our rhythms with the changing spring landscape. All writers are welcome, regardless of experience level - just bring a desire to flex your nature writing muscles. Bring your notebook or journal. All sessions will be in person or virtual (if the weather turns bad, a session may be all virtual; registrants will be informed and receive a Zoom link if that is desirable or becomes necessary). We will meet on May 4 and 25, and June 1, 8. Instructor: Gert Coleman Location: The Welcome Center Registration: Members and nonmembers: $5/session; you can register at https:// http://landisarboretum.org/.../nature-writing-bringing... using PayPal or contact us at info@landisarboretum.org to save a seat and pay at the door. See less
Recalibrate-Yoga & Forest Bathing at Landis Arboretum
Leave your phone in the car. Bring your journal. All day, every day we are bombarded with information: from colleagues, from family, from our chosen entertainment. Screens have become such an integral part of our lives. While they are a useful tool, they can cause overwhelm if not managed properly. With all of the responsibilities one must attend to in a day, with life moving online, it is easy to feel at once connected to everything and yet totally alone. Recalibrate is a way to reset your relationship to your senses, and yourself. Take just a little bit of time for yourself. There will be yoga and a silent hike on the grounds where you can redirect your intentionality back to yourself. You can have a dialogue with yourself about how you?re feeling, what?s important to you, where you want your attention to be. You?ll leave feeling more relaxed, more content, and less burdened. Yoga practice will draw your are awareness inward, stretch out your body to relieve tension and focus your mind. Once we?ve created some room internally then we can go into the woods and create connections with nature and ourselves that are not dependent on anyone else. How you relate to yourself is the most important relationship you will ever nurture. Instructor: Vanessa Chambers, E-CYT 500 Location: Meet in lower parking lot across from the Farmhouse Registration: Members $20, nonmembers $30 per session; minimum class 7 participants. Preregistration required. Vanessa Chambers has been a student of yoga for 20 years. She began teaching the same way so many do: by having a driving desire to share what was so powerfully transformative in her own life with as many people as possible. Vanessa began teaching in 2008, receiving her 200 hour certification. She then went on to complete 300 hours of advanced yoga teach training, as well as receiving certificates in kid?s yoga (Yoga for Young Ones), Yoga for Seniors, and Thai Yoga. She holds a B.A. in Holistic Health. Please visit Vanessa's website at https://slowbutsteadynature.com for information on other classes she teaches. See less
