Fifth Annual War of 1812 Heritage Talks April 26-27, 2013

Once again the Fort La Présentation Association offers a varied fare from a wide geography for those interested in the War of 1812. From the Midwest to the Atlantic Coast, militia, regulars, religion and women, Native allies, the navy and privateers barely define the seminars offered by our seven American and Canadian speakers.
In 2013 we are forgoing the closing banquet and dinner speaker. Our participant survey told us people want more time for networking and more opportunity to take in the displays, of which there should be more from local museums and heritage organizations in 2013.
As in the previous years, we have all the facilities of Ogdensburg’s Freight House Restaurant, from the side rooms to the banquet hall to the bar.  Friday evening, there will be the customary meet and greet with hors d'œuvres.  Saturday, a continental breakfast and buffet lunch are in order, and the Freight House will offer a special menu for those who stay for dinner.
You can expect a lower registration fee when online registration will be active in early January 2013.
Here is an alphabetical glimpse of our presenters.

Chancey's Impact on Western Operations 
Sandy Antal holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario, Carleton University and the University of Toronto. After twenty years’ service, he left the Canadian Forces as a major and turned to research, writing and teaching. Mr. Antal’s latest book is Invasions – Taking and Retaking Detroit and the Western District during the War of 1812 and its Aftermath. He first was A Wampum Denied: Procter’s War of 1812, which received the American Library association “Choice Award” and is in its third printing. He has presented internationally and has appeared in TV documentaries. Mr. Antal co-authored Duty Nobly Done: the Official History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment.

John Norton and the Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Experience in 1812
Dr. Carl Benn, Chair of the Department of History at Ryerson University, Toronto, will speak on John Norton and the Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Experience in 1812. Dr. Benn’s main areas of academic interest centre on Euroamerican and First Nations history in eastern North America before the 20th century. He has published extensively in journals and other venues, and his books include Historic Fort York (1993); The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (1998); The War of 1812 (2002); and Mohawks on the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-85 (2009). He currently is completing two books on aboriginal memoirs from 1812-15.

The War of 1812 in the West
James Brenner, a retired U.S. Army colonel with 30 years of service, will take a topical perspective on the War of 1812 in the west, primarily as it relates to Ohio with a view to generally familiar events and people. Col. Brenner has published on the Ohio Militia, Ohio Militia Clothing and Ohio’s Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1812 to 1815. He currently works with Leonie Industries, a defense contractor in Afghanistan. He holds an MA in American military history from Ohio State University, as well as a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA.

The Battle of Stoney Creek
James Elliott is a Canadian journalist and author with a keen interest in early North American history. Mr. Elliott will discuss the pivotal Battle of Stoney Creek. His book Strange Fatality: The Battle of Stoney Creek won the Ontario Historical Society J. J. Talman Award as the best book in 2011 on Ontario’s social, economic, political and cultural history. With the Hamilton Spectator, he wrote widely on the War of 1812 on subjects ranging from the Bloody Assizes to the Burlington Races. He worked on several episodes of the CBC’s award-winning Canada: A People’s History as a consultant and a special-skills extra.

Religion and the War of 1812 
T.R. (Ray) Hobbs (B.D., M.Th., Ph.D.) will delve into Religion and the War of 1812. Dr. Hobbs taught at McMaster Divinity College and McMaster University, Hamilton, where he was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation from 1969 until 1995. He is the author of three books and several articles on Theological and Biblical subjects, with special emphasis on the social and cultural background to the Old and New Testaments. He enjoys his early retirement from ‘regular’ work, but writes much and lectures occasionally. His special interest is ancient military history, especially as it applies to biblical interpretation.

Privateering in Atlantic Canada
Dr. Faye Kert is the author of Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812. This is standard work on the subject and will be the basis of Dr. Kert’s presentation. She is the book review editor of the Canadian Nautical Research Society's journal The Northern Mariner. She also authored Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick. Dr. Kert worked on two important underwater archaeological projects: the discovery, survey and excavation of a 16th-century Basque whaling vessel at Red Bay, Labrador, and the raising of Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose.

Women in the War of 1812
Susan Spencer will present on Women in the War of 1812. Ms. Spencer, the proprietress of Spencer’s Mercantile in Hamilton, Ontario, has had a lifelong passion for history. As a Western Canadian, her first interests were centered on the late 19th century - however, with a move to Ontario in 1988, her in-depth study of the War of 1812 period began. An active member within the War of 1812 re-enactment community, she participates in some 30 period events each year, as well as giving presentations, lectures, and workshops on period subjects.

The War of 1812 and the Rise of the U.S. Navy: Developing the Book
David A. Taylor is co-author, with Mark Collins Jenkins, of The War of 1812 and the Rise of the U.S. Navy (National Geographic, 2012). Mr. Taylor will speak about the process of developing the book: working with the Navy's historians and primary materials, visits to the Navy's underwater archaeological work in search of the U.S.S. Scorpion, and the illustration design research that followed. He will also discuss a few profiles highlighted in the book. His other books include Ginseng, the Divine Root (Algonquin, 2006), and Soul of a People (Wiley, 2009), ranked among the Best Books of 2009. His articles have appeared in Smithsonian, The Washington Post, Chesapeake Bay, The American Scholar and Science. He has written and co-produced documentary films for National Geographic and the Smithsonian Channel, including the film of Soul of a People. He lives in Washington, DC and teaches at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda.

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SeaComm Federal Credit Union Supports Fort De La Présentation Project

OGDENSBURG, NY January 11, 2011 -- SeaComm Federal Credit Union has contributed $5,000 to the campaign to begin rebuilding Fort de la Présentation which is now raising funds to construct the Interpretive Center and infrastructure on Ogdensburg’s Lighthouse Point.
“We’re grateful SeaComm has chosen to make a capital gift to our Interpretive Center project as an extension of their long-time support of the Fort Association,” said Fort Association President Barbara O’Keefe. “We encourage financial institutions to join SeaComm by supporting one of many individual naming opportunities, or supporting the business challenge underway to raise $50,000 for the administrative offices for the Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Association at the Interpretive Center.”
SeaComm’s own grassroots development from the vision of 10 men and $50 in 1963 to assets exceeding $420-million today exemplifies the community spirit shared by the fort project. The Fort Association continues to overcome obstacles and burdens that could have overwhelmed them in their drive to promote the project rooted in our history and attractive to tourists.
"History is rich in the North Country. We are extremely privileged to be living in an area that was immersed in and at the same time pivotal during the French and Indian War," said SeaComm President and Chief Executive Officer Scott A. Wilson. "We are pleased to provide this contribution to assist the Fort La Présentation Association capitalize on that fact and support the rebuilding of Fort de la Présentation in Ogdensburg.”
“We are assisting the association by heightening their ability to attract needed tourism and thus have a significant impact on the future of the regional economy," Mr. Wilson added.
SeaComm Federal Credit Union joins Community Investment Services Incorporated, a subsidiary of Community Bank, in inviting other financial institutions to donate to this phase of the Fort development project. The Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club also initiated a Service Group Challenge in May.
Information on the Campaign and Interpretive Center can be found on the Fort La Présentation Association website – www.fort1749.org.

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Barbara O’Keefe Tammy J. Harrigan
President Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Fort La Présentation Association SeaComm Federal Credit Union
315-393-3315 800-764-0566 ext. 543

Copies of Fort de la Présentation records at St. Lawrence University

Copies of Fort de la Présentation records at St. Lawrence University

FORT LAPRÉSENTATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER HONORS DEDICATED SUPPORTERS

OGDENSBURG, NY 22 September, 2011-- The Fort La Présentation Association is presenting a hat-trick of awards at its annual fundraising and awards dinner at the Gran-View Restaurant Friday, October 28.

Marijean Remington, chair of the association’s fundraising committee, and Horst Dresler and Daniel Roy, long-time participants and advocates of Founder’s Day Weekend, are the three honorees.

Ms. Remington will be presented the Persis Yates Boyesen Award for her outstanding contribution toward the historically accurate reconstruction and ongoing presence of Fort de la Présentation.

Mr. Dresler from Vermont and Mr. Roy from Quebec are to receive the David L. Dickinson Award for their outstanding commitment of time and effort dedicated to Fort de la Présentation.

"We are honoring these people for their enthusiastic, long-term faithfulness to the Fort de la Presentation project," said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort Association. "Without the dedication of Ms. Remington, Mr. Dresler and Mr. Roy we would not have had Lighthouse Point cleaned of petroleum contamination nor witnessed the growing success of Founder’s Day Weekend."

Ms. Remington is the President, CEO and majority owner of Canton-based Atlantic Testing Laboratories (ATL). More than 10 years ago, the state was able to ensure the remediation the Fort Association’s Lighthouse Point property thanks to ATL accurately tracing the spread of the subsurface pollution. Since her earliest involvement, Ms. Remington has been a keen supporter of the fort project.

Mr. Dresler and Mr. Roy are French and Indian War re-enactors who have brought their troops year after year to the Fort Association’s July re-enactment and colonial trade fair. Although Mr. Dressler often commands the English forces, squaring off against the French commanded by Mr. Roy, their shared physical and moral support has contributed significantly to the development of Founder’s Day Weekend.

"The Fort Association annual dinner is our major fundraising event with a silent auction and prize draws of goods and services donated by local businesses and individuals who back our efforts," said Mrs. O’Keefe. "The dinner also celebrates the commitment of every member of the Fort La Presentation Association for the success and progress of our activities: the Fort de la Presentation project; Founder’s Day Weekend; the War of 1812 Symposium; and Living History Day."

Social Hour, at the Gran-View on Rte 37, is at 6 pm with dinner at 7pm. The tickets at $35 per person are the same price as last year. They are available from the Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce and members of the Fort Association board of directors.

The menu is a historic cornucopia: Molly’s Corn Chowder; Amherst’s Salad with Pouchot’s Dinner Rolls; Lorimier’s Sirloin Tournadours or Oswegatchie Baked Stuffed Chicken or Forsyth’s Cracker Crumb Haddock or Seven Fire’s Vegetarian Dish; Tecumseh’s Acorn Squash; Macdonnell’s Red Skinned Potatoes with Parsley Butter; Laura’s Coffee or Tea; and Dolley’s Apple Crisp.

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Backgrounder attached.
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Barbara O’Keefe
President, Fort La Présentation Association
315-393-3315

BACKGROUNDER

The Menu Who’s Who
These historic figures and events represent the "Four Flags" (France, the Iroquois Confederacy, England and the United States) associated with Fort de la Présentation and its successors, Fort Oswegatchie and Fort Presentation.

Molly Brant (c.1736 –1796) was a prominent Mohawk woman. From her home in Canajoharie, she provided food and assistance to Loyalists who were fleeing from New York to Canada during the American Revolution. With the American invasion of Iroquoia in 1779, she joined Iroquois refugees at the British post on Carleton Island. In 1783, Brant moved to Cataraqui, now Kingston, Ontario, where the government built her a house and gave her an annual pension of £100.

General Jeffery Amherst, (1717 –1797) led an Anglo-American army down the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario, and captured Montreal on 8 September 1760, ending French rule in North America. He infuriated the French commanders by refusing them the "honors of war" (the ceremonial right of a defeated garrison to retain their flags); the French burned the colors rather than surrender them.

Captain Pierre Pouchot (1712 – 1769) was a military engineer and officer in the French regular army commanding at Fort Lévis in 1760. On August 21, he had fighting force of 316 to delay Amherst’s 10,000-man army’s descent of the St Lawrence River to Montreal. Pouchot only surrendered on 25 August, when his guns could no longer fire and the fort was a wreck. Amherst and his staff treated Pouchot with respect.

Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier (1744 – 1825) and his large party Indians were instrumental in May 1776 in securing the capture of Fort Cedars (Les Cédres, Quebec) from Continental soldiers by a company of the British 8th Regiment of Foot. The company under Captain George Forster was stationed at Fort Oswegatchie. In July 1780, Lorimier led a reconnaissance and raiding expedition from Oswegatchie to Fort Stanwix (Rome) which netted 38 prisoners and 10 scalps.

The Treaty of Oswegatchie has its roots in assurances given in February 1760 to the Iroquois from Oswegatchie, Kanesatake and Kahnawake by the Six Nations Iroquois that they would not take up arms against their Iroquois brethren in the final battles of the French and Indian War. When the British army reached La Présentation in mid-August, William Johnson, superintendent of Indian Affairs, met with delegates of the "Seven Nations of Canada" and solemnly promised to secure to them the possession of their lands and the free exercise of the Catholic religion. The terms of treaty were confirmed 16 September 1760.

Captain Benjamin Forsyth (d.1814) from Stokes County, North Carolina, commanded a company of the U.S. First Rifle Regiment at Ogdensburg. Although he was ordered to observe British movements on the St. Lawrence, he led successful raids against Gananoque and (Elizabethtown) Brockville. Forsyth’s Rifles withdrew to Sackets Harbor following the Battle of Ogdensburg February 22, 1813. He was active in skirmishing and patrolling north of Lake Champlain in the late spring and summer 1814, but was killed in a clash at Odelltown in June.

The Seven Fires of Caughnawaga was an Indian alliance organized by the French in the years leading up to the French and Indian War. The alliance was composed of the Iroquois mission villages on the St. Lawrence (Caughnawaga, Kanesatake, Oswegatchie, and St. Regis); the Abenaki at St. François and Bécancour; and the Huron at Lorette.

Tecumseh (1768–1813) led the forces of his Indian confederacy opposed to American encroachment into the west to join the British at Fort Malden on the Detroit River and participated in the capture of Fort Detroit in August 1812. He was killed at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813 as the British withdrew toward York (Toronto).

Lieutenant Colonel George Macdonnell (1780–1870), commonly known as Red George, was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Macdonnell, in command of the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles and detachments of reinforcements, launched a successful attack from Prescott against a Forsyth’s company of the U.S. First Rifle Regiment in Ogdensburg February 22, 1813. In October he was ordered to move to reinforce Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry's troops south of Montreal. He was effectively second-in-command to de Salaberry at the Battle of Chateauguay.

Laura Secord (1775–1868), born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 for warning British forces of a planned American attack. Her legendary trek through forest and swamp in June 1813 to reach Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon led to the victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams. Laura Secord Chocolates, founded in 1913, was named after her.

Dolley Madison (1768–1849) was wife of President James Madison. As the invading British approached a near-empty Washington in August 1814, she ensured the collection of valuables from the Presidential Mansion, including Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, and original drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The earliest evidence of the public using the name "White House" was recorded in 1811, years before it was restored after the burning of Washington.

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OGDENSBURG’S FORT LA PRÉSENTATION ASSOCIATION WELCOMES LOCAL PARKS CANADA MANAGER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OGDENSBURG, NY JULY 13, 2011 -- Anne-Marie Johnson, the site manger for Fort Wellington in Prescott, has been elected to the Fort La Présentation Association Board of Directors.

Ms. Johnson’s knowledge and experience benefits the Fort Association in Ogdensburg which plans to build a heritage interpretation center adjacent to the archaeological site of Fort de la Présentation, 1749-1759. She has the skills to nurture vital cross-border cooperation as the association works to promote 80 years of our common history along the St. Lawrence River from the Seven Years War to the War of 1812.

“For the last three years, Anne-Marie has been a planning committee member for the Fort Association’s Founder’s Day Weekend, commemorating Ogdensburg’s French colonial history,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “Her advice and Canadian perspective have enriched our event and expanded Fort Wellington’s cooperation in this annual re-enactment and colonial trade fair.”

The Fort La Presentation Association shares with Parks Canada a common goal to preserve and present to an international public our cross-river history.

“I enjoy working with this dynamic and passionate group which presents exciting opportunities to forge even stronger cross-border relationships through historic sites on both sides of the St. Lawrence River” said Johnson. “With my election to the board, I look forward to an increasingly active role in the Fort Association’s commitment to creating memorable visitor experiences.”

Anne-Marie Johnson is Site and Visitor Experience Manager for Fort Wellington, Battle of the Windmill, Sir John Johnson House, Inverarden House and Glengarry Cairn National Historic Sites of Canada.

The Fort La Presentation Association is building a vibrant legacy. Part of the legacy will be the reconstructed Fort de la Présentation on Lighthouse Point, visible from Prescott’s waterfront. The area adjacent to the original fort site, used by the armies of France, England and the United States from 1749 to 1813, was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Founder’s Day Weekend will attract 18th-century re-enactors from Canada and the United States to Lighthouse Point July 23-24 to commemorate the 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands.



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For information contact;



Barbara O’Keefe

President

Fort La Présentation Association

315-393-3315



Anne-Marie Johnson

Site and Visitor Experience Manager Parks Canada

613-925-2896

FOUNDER’S DAY WEEKEND RETURNS TO OGDENSBURG WITH THE HISTORIC THUNDER OF GUNS

FOUNDER’S DAY WEEKEND RETURNS TO OGDENSBURG WITH THE HISTORIC THUNDER OF GUNS

OGDENSBURG, NY July 12, 2011 -- The historic waters of the St. Lawrence and Oswegatchie Rivers will witness the return of French and Indian War re-enactors to Founder’s Day Weekend in Ogdensburg July 23-24, 2011.
More than a dozen colorful re-enactment units portraying 18th-century regiments of the French and English armies, their colonial militias and Native allies are expected to establish their canvas camps on Lighthouse Point. Along the shore, nine bateau and traditional boats will mark the navy encampment.
“A reason re-enactors from Canada and the United States return every year is because the nearness of the archaeological remains of Fort de la Présentation puts them in touch with the history they treasure,” said Barbara O’Keefe, President of the Fort La Présentation Association. “Now that the fort site on Lighthouse Point has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, they should consider their enthusiastic support recognized and rewarded beyond the bounds of Ogdensburg.”
In the re-enacted battles Saturday and Sunday afternoon, the re-enactors prove their mettle. First, the boats armed with bow guns and musket men skirmish on the bay at the mouth of the Oswegatchie River. Then the conflict spreads to the Lighthouse Point battlefield when the infantry, artillery and Indian warriors clash.
“The exciting maneuvers on the river and the point, portraying the 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands, are the most photographed part of the weekend with grey clouds of gun smoke swirling around the vivid uniforms,” said O’Keefe. “But there is something for everyone who enjoys history, from country dancing to children’s games, traditional crafts to period merchants, the ever-popular bateau race and historical talks.”
This year a collection of 18th-century maps is on display in the Ogdensburg Public Library until the end of July. Retired New York State Trooper Randy Patten, who amassed the historic maps over 30 years, will give a free public lecture about them Friday, 22 July at 5:30 PM in the library.

Wampum belts, the waterways of war and constructing an 18th-century small boat are other public presentations over the weekend.
Saturday offers a couple of activities where the public can meet the re-enactors. The Rotary Club and the Freight House Restaurant are co-sponsoring a fundraising pancake breakfast for the Fort Association at the Freight House from 7:00 AM to 10: AM. Founder’s Day opens to the public at 10:00 AM. At 7:30 PM Saturday, there is a traditional country dance with live music in the banquet room of the Freight House. The public is welcome. Admission to the dance is free.
At dusk Saturday artillery from the shore, the boats and Fort Wellington in Prescott will light up the night.
“As Fort de la Présentation was a Roman Catholic mission to the Iroquois and their allies, it is especially fitting that Bishop LaValley will conduct an early morning mass on Lighthouse Point this year,” said O’Keefe. “The public mass at 7:00 Sunday morning will be attended by re-enactors and their Indian allies.”

There is much to see and do at Founder’s Day Weekend. Visitors are encouraged to go to the Fort La Présentation Association website at www.fort1749.org where they will find the weekend schedule and a discount coupon for an adult admission. They are invited to copy the coupon and print one for each adult in their party.



For more information contact:
Barbara O’Keefe
President of the Fort La Présentation Association
315-393-3315

The Journal | Living History Day For Area Schools

The Journal | Living History Day For Area Schools

Living History Day Scheduled For Lighthouse Point

Colonial-era games like Tip-Cat, Fox and Geese, and Rounders - possibly the precursor to modern American baseball - will come back to life May 20 at Lighthouse Point.

Living History Day is the culmination of a year-long project for fourth- and seventh-grade special education students from Heuvelton, Ogdensburg and Madrid-Waddington school districts who studied Fort La Presentation and the French and Indian War.

Michael J. Whitaker, of Bishops Mills, Ontario, is one of about a dozen of presenters for the day, and will lead children through a modified game of Rounders - participants will be using baseball bats and softballs instead of sticks and stones, as were used by children in the old days.

"We're trying to show the young people that although there has been change over time, many things are still the same," Mr. Whitaker said. "It's one of those things that is getting shuffled lower and lower in school curriculums, but history doesn't have to be boring."

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If it's related to where students live and what they do, he said, history can still be interesting.

"History happened right here along the St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg," he said. "Living History Day gives students the opportunity to actually live history."

Barbara J. O'Keefe, president of Fort La Presentation Association, said this is the idea behind the day's activity.

"Students will be thrust back in time," Mrs. O'Keefe said of the second annual event, running from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. "The excitement we see is wonderful. We want to make more of an impression within our local schools. We're using our past for our future."

While Rounders will be the subject of Mr. Whitaker's 20-minute presentation for the approximately 275 students attending, the day will be much more than just fun and games, said Julie M. Madlin, Fort La Présentation Education Committee chair and a special education teacher at Heuvelton Central School.

"Eighteenth century reenactors and heritage interpreters will demonstrate many activities, including open hearth cooking, life in the navy and army, colonial clothing, and the art of the tinsmith and blacksmith," she said. "They will experience the life and color of America's history that happened in their own backyard," Mrs. Madlin said.

Other activities include a children's muster, rope making, tent set-up and take down and camp life, toys, mapmaking, artillery displays and demonstrations, music and fur trading.

The event is supported by the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services, several local school districts and Heuvelton parent-teacher association, and local Lions Clubs.

$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

Cape Air Donates to Fort

Cape Air recently made a donation to the Fort La
Presentation Association. Shown are Fundraising Chair Marijean Remington,
president of Atlantic Testing, fort board member Nick Vaugh, Cape Air
Community Relations Director Leslie Myrbeck, Cape Air Ogdensburg Station
Manager Rich Corbett and Fort Association President Barbara O¹Keefe.

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Remington Gala Honors Fort La Presentation

The theme this year was chosen to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. Ogdensburg's Fort De La Presentation played an important role in this War. Decorations, silent auction items, and colonial demonstrations will celebrate our heritage by referencing our early history. Fort and Museum supporters please gather your friends and attend this fun night of food, music, dancing and a silent auction.



Win a Collier’s print, Drifting Before the Storm, 1904 by Frederic Remington. The antique print, which retails at $2,155, came about through a 1903 contract between Frederic Remington and Collier’s Magazine. Tickets are $10 each or 5 for $40. The drawing will be held during the Gala.



The cost to attend this year’s event is $45/museum member and $50/non-member. Purchase your tickets on or before December 10th to receive a $5 discount.



Gala tickets and raffle tickets may be purchased online, by emailing info@fredericremington.org or by calling 315.393.2425.



The Gala is a major fundraiser for the Museum. Don’t wait another minute contact the Museum now - have a good time for a great cause!



To continue the holiday festivities, the Museum will hold its open house on Sunday, December 12 from 1 – 4 PM. The public will enjoy the beautiful decorations as well as free admission, refreshments, music and family activities. Children and their families are welcome and encouraged.



The Frederic Remington Art Museum is located at 303 Washington Street, Ogdensburg, NY 13669. The Museum is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting the art and archives of Frederic Remington, and contains an unmatched collection of his works. The Museum is open October 15 through May 15, Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm and May 16 through October 14, Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm.

The Life of Seneca Women

Native American lifeways in New York State and life in the longhouse are the topics of the Second Saturday Program The Life of Seneca Women at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 E. Main St., Canton from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, November 13th. This activity is another in the SLCHA’s series of free and fun monthly educational programs for kids age 4-10.



Donna Vargo of Harrisville will teach children about Seneca women's lifeways - including food preparation, tools, baskets and false face - through the use of music, storytelling and historic artifacts. Vargo is of Seneca descent and serves on the board of the Fort La Presentation Association, which is working to build a replica of that French fur trading post and mission. The Seneca were one of the Six Nations of Iroquois, the people of the longhouses of New York State.



The Second Saturday Program begins at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Attic on the second floor of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Parents, grandparents and other caregivers are welcome to attend this free program. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.



For more information, call 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. This program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

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Founders' Day Schedule

Founders' Day will take place on Lighthouse Point, Ogdensburg from July 16th-July 18th. Hope to see you there! Click here for the schedule.