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We are proud to announce that we will kick off this exciting series with two well known and accredited authors. Don Hagist and Todd Andrlik from "Journal of the American Revolution." (allthingsliberty.com) Both gentlemen will be offering a brief lecture at the Museum. Following their lectures there will be time for questions and answers, a meet-and-greet, and book signing by each author.
Don N. Hagist, editor of "Journal of the American Revolution," is an independent researcher specializing in the demographics and material culture of the British Army in the American Revolution. He maintains a blog about British common soldiers (http://redcoat76.blogspot.com) and has published a number of articles in academic journals. His book, British Soldiers, American War (Westholme Publishing, 2012) will be available.
Todd Andrlik, founder and editor of the "Journal of the American Revolution," is curator, author, and editor of Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News (Sourcebooks, 2012), named Best American Revolution Book of the Year by the New York American Revolution Round Table. Featuring hundreds of high-definition color newspaper images and analysis from three dozen historians, the one-of-a-kind single volume lets readers experience the Revolution the way colonists did-as it unfolded in their very own town newspapers. Andrlik has written and ghost-written thousands of published articles on various business topics. His history-related work has appeared in Patriots of the American Revolution, Huffington Post and Boston Globe as well as NPR, C-SPAN, CNN, Mount Vernon, American Revolution Center, Old State House and Fraunces Tavern Museum. Follow Todd on Twitter @RagLinen , and for more information please visit beforehistory.com
The 2014 "Fall Lecture Series at the Fort" will begin this September and run on Thursday evenings at 7:00pm for all to enjoy. The Fall Lecture Series, hosted by the Fort Plain Museum, has been initiated to provide the greater communities in the Mohawk and Upper Hudson Valleys with a variety of distinguished lecturers and speakers. These speakers will use their significant knowledge to bring to life topics directly relating to the 18th Century and out War for Independence.
These lectures are offered free of charge, but donations will be gratefully appreciated to help offset our cost.
The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park marks the site of Fort Plain/Rensselaer, a Revolutionary War fortress built in 1779 to protect local residents from Valley raids and evacuees from Cherry Vall... More...