February 19-20
Fought February 22, 1813
Saturday
10:00 A.M. Ceremony at Ogdensburg Cemetery: Placing of the wreath on Sheriff York’s grave.
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
2:30 P.M. Walking tour of the 1813 battleground through the streets of Ogdensburg with Jim Reagen. Starts at the parking lot at Lighthouse Point.
3:30 P.M. Lecture at Freight House Restaurant: How to Dress as an 1812 Civilian by Sue McLean.
7:30 P.M. Winter Ball (English Country Dance) at Freight House
Sunday
1:30 P.M. Battle re-enactment at Lighthouse Point. Fort Wellington, Prescott, Ontario will fire artillery to launch the British attack.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Fort La Présentation Association is pleased to support
the Battle of Ogdensburg Re-enactment and the organizers, Forsythe’s Rifles.
Monday, January 31, 2011
WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM BRINGS INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK
OGDENSBURG, NY 31 January 2011 – During the War of 1812 the dogs of war barked and bit along the U.S. northern frontier from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain as American forces tangled with their British and Canadian counterparts for two-and-a-half years.
The War of 1812 in this region, and its wider implications, will be topics at the third annual War of 1812 Symposium April 29-30 in Ogdensburg, NY, sponsored by the Fort La Présentation Association.
The five presentations by authoritative Canadians and Americans are: Ogdensburg and Prescott during the War of 1812, Paul Fortier; American supply efforts on Lake Ontario: “Cooper’s Ark,” Richard Palmer; “Colonel Louis” and the Native American role in the War of 1812, Darren Bonaparte; The war on the St. Lawrence River, Victor Suthren; and Excavation of American Graves at the 1812 Burlington Cantonment, Kate Kenny. The post-dinner address by Patrick Wilder is the Battle of Sackets Harbor
“We established the symposium in advance of the war’s 2012 bicentennial to help develop a broader public understanding of the War of 1812, so important to the evolution of the United States and Canada,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The annual symposium is a vibrant forum of scholars from both sides of the boarder presenting informative seminars to an enthusiastic audience of academics, history buffs and re-enactors.”
The cost of the symposium is $100 for the Saturday seminars and after-dinner speaker, including a light continental breakfast, a buffet lunch and a sit-down dinner. The Friday evening meet-and-greet with period entertainment by Celtic harpist Sue Croft and hors d’oeuvres is $10.
The symposium and dinner fee for Fort La Présentation Association members is $90, and they will pay $10 for the meet-and-greet.
Other pricing options are available: $80 for the Saturday seminars without dinner; and $35 for the dinner with speaker.
Seminar details and registration instructions on the Fort La Présentation Association Web page www.fort1749.org.
The Fort La Présentation Association is a not-for-profit corporation based in Ogdensburg, New York. Its mission is to sponsor or benefit the historically accurate reconstruction of Fort de la Présentation (1749) in close proximity to the original site on Lighthouse Point.
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For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
Backgrounder attached.
THIRD ANNUAL WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM
BACKGROUNDER
Seminar Presenters
Darren Bonaparte from the Mohawk community of Ahkwesáhsne on the St. Lawrence River is an historical journalist. He created the Wampum Chronicles website in 1999 to promote his research into the history and culture of the Rotinonhsión:ni—the People of the Longhouse. Mr. Bonaparte has been published by Indian Country Today, Native Americas, Aboriginal Voices and Winds of Change, and he has served as an historical consultant for the PBS miniseries The War That Made America; Champlain: The Lake Between; and The Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America.
Paul Fortier, of Kingston, ON, worked 10 years as a military curator and historian for Parks Canada and a following 10 years as a manager at the National Archives of Canada. While living in Prescott, ON, the home he restored was the Stockade Barracks, British military headquarters on the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812. Mr. Fortier is a founder of the re-enacted Regiment of Canadian Fencible Infantry. He owns Jessup Food & Heritage, providing period food services at Upper Canada Village, Fort Henry and Fort York.
Kate Kenney is the Program Historian at the University of Vermont Consulting Archeology Program. She supervises historic artifact analyses and also helps supervise field work, particularly at historic sites. She is the senior author of Archaeological Investigations at the Old Burial Ground, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Ms. Kenny has organized and conducted UVM CAP public outreach, including presentations to elementary and high school students. Personal research projects involve Vermont history from the earliest settlement through to the Civil War.
Richard F. Palmer of Syracuse is a senior editor of “Inland Seas,” the quarterly of the Great Lakes Historical Society, and has written some 40 articles for the publication, covering more than 250 years of Lake Ontario’s maritime history. His presentation on “Cooper's Ark,” is the story of a short-lived floating fortress built in Oswego during the War of 1812, but lost in a storm while sailing to Sackets Harbor. He’ll also recount the attempt to raft lumber for the construction of ships from Oak Orchard to Sackets Harbor; the delivery was intercepted by the British.
Victor Suthren, from Merrickville, Ontario, is an author and historian. He served as Director General of the Canadian War Museum from 1986 to 1998, and is an Honorary Captain in the Canadian Navy and advisor to the Directorate of Naval History and Heritage, Department of National Defence (Canada). He has worked as an advisor to film and television productions and has voyaged extensively as a seaman in traditional “tall ships.” Mr. Suthren has published several works of historical non-fiction, as well as two series of historical sea fiction.
Patrick Wilder is an historian retired from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He is the author of The Battle of Sackett’s Harbour, 1813.
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The War of 1812 in this region, and its wider implications, will be topics at the third annual War of 1812 Symposium April 29-30 in Ogdensburg, NY, sponsored by the Fort La Présentation Association.
The five presentations by authoritative Canadians and Americans are: Ogdensburg and Prescott during the War of 1812, Paul Fortier; American supply efforts on Lake Ontario: “Cooper’s Ark,” Richard Palmer; “Colonel Louis” and the Native American role in the War of 1812, Darren Bonaparte; The war on the St. Lawrence River, Victor Suthren; and Excavation of American Graves at the 1812 Burlington Cantonment, Kate Kenny. The post-dinner address by Patrick Wilder is the Battle of Sackets Harbor
“We established the symposium in advance of the war’s 2012 bicentennial to help develop a broader public understanding of the War of 1812, so important to the evolution of the United States and Canada,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The annual symposium is a vibrant forum of scholars from both sides of the boarder presenting informative seminars to an enthusiastic audience of academics, history buffs and re-enactors.”
The cost of the symposium is $100 for the Saturday seminars and after-dinner speaker, including a light continental breakfast, a buffet lunch and a sit-down dinner. The Friday evening meet-and-greet with period entertainment by Celtic harpist Sue Croft and hors d’oeuvres is $10.
The symposium and dinner fee for Fort La Présentation Association members is $90, and they will pay $10 for the meet-and-greet.
Other pricing options are available: $80 for the Saturday seminars without dinner; and $35 for the dinner with speaker.
Seminar details and registration instructions on the Fort La Présentation Association Web page www.fort1749.org.
The Fort La Présentation Association is a not-for-profit corporation based in Ogdensburg, New York. Its mission is to sponsor or benefit the historically accurate reconstruction of Fort de la Présentation (1749) in close proximity to the original site on Lighthouse Point.
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For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
Backgrounder attached.
THIRD ANNUAL WAR OF 1812 SYMPOSIUM
BACKGROUNDER
Seminar Presenters
Darren Bonaparte from the Mohawk community of Ahkwesáhsne on the St. Lawrence River is an historical journalist. He created the Wampum Chronicles website in 1999 to promote his research into the history and culture of the Rotinonhsión:ni—the People of the Longhouse. Mr. Bonaparte has been published by Indian Country Today, Native Americas, Aboriginal Voices and Winds of Change, and he has served as an historical consultant for the PBS miniseries The War That Made America; Champlain: The Lake Between; and The Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America.
Paul Fortier, of Kingston, ON, worked 10 years as a military curator and historian for Parks Canada and a following 10 years as a manager at the National Archives of Canada. While living in Prescott, ON, the home he restored was the Stockade Barracks, British military headquarters on the St. Lawrence River during the War of 1812. Mr. Fortier is a founder of the re-enacted Regiment of Canadian Fencible Infantry. He owns Jessup Food & Heritage, providing period food services at Upper Canada Village, Fort Henry and Fort York.
Kate Kenney is the Program Historian at the University of Vermont Consulting Archeology Program. She supervises historic artifact analyses and also helps supervise field work, particularly at historic sites. She is the senior author of Archaeological Investigations at the Old Burial Ground, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Ms. Kenny has organized and conducted UVM CAP public outreach, including presentations to elementary and high school students. Personal research projects involve Vermont history from the earliest settlement through to the Civil War.
Richard F. Palmer of Syracuse is a senior editor of “Inland Seas,” the quarterly of the Great Lakes Historical Society, and has written some 40 articles for the publication, covering more than 250 years of Lake Ontario’s maritime history. His presentation on “Cooper's Ark,” is the story of a short-lived floating fortress built in Oswego during the War of 1812, but lost in a storm while sailing to Sackets Harbor. He’ll also recount the attempt to raft lumber for the construction of ships from Oak Orchard to Sackets Harbor; the delivery was intercepted by the British.
Victor Suthren, from Merrickville, Ontario, is an author and historian. He served as Director General of the Canadian War Museum from 1986 to 1998, and is an Honorary Captain in the Canadian Navy and advisor to the Directorate of Naval History and Heritage, Department of National Defence (Canada). He has worked as an advisor to film and television productions and has voyaged extensively as a seaman in traditional “tall ships.” Mr. Suthren has published several works of historical non-fiction, as well as two series of historical sea fiction.
Patrick Wilder is an historian retired from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. He is the author of The Battle of Sackett’s Harbour, 1813.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
New York History: Fort La Présentation to Develop Schools Project
New York History: Fort La Présentation to Develop Schools Project: "A grant of $10,000 has been awarded to the Fort La Présentation Association by the telecom giant AT&T to develop and implement a five-ye..."
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Irish Zouaves Make Civil War History at SLCHA Brown Bag Lunch
How did Union soldiers from St. Lawrence County end up in an Irish regiment dressed like North African troops during the U.S. Civil War? The answer to this colorful and convoluted question will be revealed on Thursday, January 20th at the noontime Brown Bag Lunch program “St. Lawrence County’s Irish Zouaves” at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton. This free program by Ron Semple is open to the public, begins at noon and is part of the SLCHA’s Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which began in 1861.
Semple will spin the entertaining yarn of the 164th NYS Volunteers - Corcoran's Irish Zouaves. As a Colonel in the 69th New York State Militia Regiment, Michael Corcoran helped to bring Irish Immigrants to the Union Army. He led the 69th regiment in action during the First battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. After Corcoran’s release as a prisoner of war he returned to the Union Army, recruited more Irish volunteers and commanded the 164th New York State Regiment, Corcoran’s Irish Zouaves- which was one of only two all Irish Brigades in the Union Army. The 164th NYS Regiment fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Company A of the 164th was comprised of men from St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties.
The original Zouaves were North African troops serving in the French Army beginning in the 1830’s. They had a reputation for discipline and bravery on the battlefield and rowdiness off. Their uniforms were colorful with trim/braid with brass buttons and usually consisted of a fez, turban, baggy pants, vest, short jacket, and leggings. “Zouave Fever” spread across the U.S. in the years prior to the Civil War and many Zouave units were active during the war.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
Remember the SLCHA’s gift shop for all the needs of the history buffs in your life and gifts for yourself as well! A few of the Civil War related items in the gift shop include: the children’s book Abe’s Honest Words; a replica letter from General U.S. Grant to General Robert E. Lee; Civil War Map in a Bottle (you have to see it to believe it); Gallantry in the Field: Potsdam and the Civil War; and No Middle Ground: Thomas Ward Osborn’s Letters from the Field (1862-1864). This last book is a collection of letters from Osborn, who enlisted in Watertown and commanded Battery D, First New York Light Artillery which was made up of men from the North Country.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Semple will spin the entertaining yarn of the 164th NYS Volunteers - Corcoran's Irish Zouaves. As a Colonel in the 69th New York State Militia Regiment, Michael Corcoran helped to bring Irish Immigrants to the Union Army. He led the 69th regiment in action during the First battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. After Corcoran’s release as a prisoner of war he returned to the Union Army, recruited more Irish volunteers and commanded the 164th New York State Regiment, Corcoran’s Irish Zouaves- which was one of only two all Irish Brigades in the Union Army. The 164th NYS Regiment fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Company A of the 164th was comprised of men from St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties.
The original Zouaves were North African troops serving in the French Army beginning in the 1830’s. They had a reputation for discipline and bravery on the battlefield and rowdiness off. Their uniforms were colorful with trim/braid with brass buttons and usually consisted of a fez, turban, baggy pants, vest, short jacket, and leggings. “Zouave Fever” spread across the U.S. in the years prior to the Civil War and many Zouave units were active during the war.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House is open Tuesday through Saturday noon to 4 p.m., Friday noon to 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; admission to the archives is free for members and children, $2.50 for college students, and $5 for the general public. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is located at 3 E. Main St., Canton. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
Remember the SLCHA’s gift shop for all the needs of the history buffs in your life and gifts for yourself as well! A few of the Civil War related items in the gift shop include: the children’s book Abe’s Honest Words; a replica letter from General U.S. Grant to General Robert E. Lee; Civil War Map in a Bottle (you have to see it to believe it); Gallantry in the Field: Potsdam and the Civil War; and No Middle Ground: Thomas Ward Osborn’s Letters from the Field (1862-1864). This last book is a collection of letters from Osborn, who enlisted in Watertown and commanded Battery D, First New York Light Artillery which was made up of men from the North Country.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Monday, January 17, 2011
$10,000 GRANT FOR AREA STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON HISTORY
OGDENSBURG, NY 17 January 2011 – A grant of $10,000 has been awarded to the Fort La Présentation Association by the telecom giant AT&T to develop and implement a five-year educational outreach project to elementary schools in the St. Lawrence Valley region.
The curriculum-based Hands-On-History project will provide reproduction 18th- and 19th- century heritage items, interpretive materials and lesson plans which will intrigue students and help teachers meet state and national standards for history and social studies.
Hands-On-History will run as the name suggests. Students will be able to handle, hold or try on the clothes, tools and other gear which will help them explore the history of Fort de la Présentation under the flags of France, Great Britain and the United States from 1749 to 1813.
“We are very grateful to AT&T for the generous funding,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The donation significantly maximizes the Fort Association’s modest financial and in-kind resources to allow us to reach a major goal of our educational strategy.”
“Our thanks also go to our long-time supporter, former State Senator Darrel Aubertine,” O’Keefe continued, “who drew the attention of AT&T to our plans to enrich our children’s learning.”
To ensure the project continues beyond the first year, the Fort Association’s contribution is $4,700. Fort Association board is committing $300 annually in year’s two to five. The $1,200 investment is to maintain printed materials and replace lost or damaged items.
In-kind services worth $3,500 - volunteered by museum, history and education professionals affiliated with the Fort Association – will help develop evaluation criteria, meet curricular goals and promote the new education opportunity to schools across the region.
“By autumn 2011, Hands-on-History should be available to teachers,” said O’Keefe. “We look forward to students experiencing their local history and discovering a first-hand connection to early days in the St. Lawrence Valley region.”
For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
The curriculum-based Hands-On-History project will provide reproduction 18th- and 19th- century heritage items, interpretive materials and lesson plans which will intrigue students and help teachers meet state and national standards for history and social studies.
Hands-On-History will run as the name suggests. Students will be able to handle, hold or try on the clothes, tools and other gear which will help them explore the history of Fort de la Présentation under the flags of France, Great Britain and the United States from 1749 to 1813.
“We are very grateful to AT&T for the generous funding,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “The donation significantly maximizes the Fort Association’s modest financial and in-kind resources to allow us to reach a major goal of our educational strategy.”
“Our thanks also go to our long-time supporter, former State Senator Darrel Aubertine,” O’Keefe continued, “who drew the attention of AT&T to our plans to enrich our children’s learning.”
To ensure the project continues beyond the first year, the Fort Association’s contribution is $4,700. Fort Association board is committing $300 annually in year’s two to five. The $1,200 investment is to maintain printed materials and replace lost or damaged items.
In-kind services worth $3,500 - volunteered by museum, history and education professionals affiliated with the Fort Association – will help develop evaluation criteria, meet curricular goals and promote the new education opportunity to schools across the region.
“By autumn 2011, Hands-on-History should be available to teachers,” said O’Keefe. “We look forward to students experiencing their local history and discovering a first-hand connection to early days in the St. Lawrence Valley region.”
For information, please contact;
Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315-393-3315
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