Forts and Fights: The Revolutionary War in the Mohawk Valley (September 21, 2018)

Friday, September 21 (8:00am to 4:00pm)

Tour Leaders: Bruce Venter and local historians

Tour Leaves from: Johnstown, NY

Tour Registration: $100 

America’s History LLC is proud to continue its partnership with Fort Ticonderoga by again offering a special one-day Revolutionary War tour prior to Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar. This tour will explore sites in the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War; sites that are less frequently visited or on private property. We’ll stop at Fort Johnson for an overview of Sir John Johnson’s exploits as an important Loyalist leader in the Mohawk Valley. We’ll also see Guy Park, home of Col. Guy Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs during the Revolution and hear about the efforts to reopen it as a historic site. We’ll visit the Fort Plain Museum to understand how the Patriots used forts and fortified homes to defend the valley. After lunch we’ll walk the Stone Arabia battlefield where Col. John Brown gave his life during Johnson’s Burning of the Valleys campaign in 1780. We’ll follow Johnson’s retreat to Klock’s Field where the British forces were forced across the Mohawk and eventually back to Canada. We will return to our departure location by 4 p.m. to allow you to participate in Fort Ticonderoga’s Friday evening program.

Due to the distance from Fort Ticonderoga, we will start this tour from the parking lot of the Microtel Inn and Suites, 136 N. Comrie Ave., Johnstown, NY. America’s History LLC has arranged for a block of rooms at the Microtel at a rate of $87.20 (single or double occupancy + tax) for Thursday evening, September 20. Please call the Microtel at 518-762-5425 to reserve a room, if necessary. This rate is good until August 20, 2018.

What’s included: Motor coach transportation, lunch, snack and beverage breaks, all admissions and gratuities, a map and materials package and the services of tour leaders selected for their knowledge and expertise.

Hotel: We have arranged with the headquarters hotel for a group rate of $87.20 per night plus tax (double or single occupancy) which includes a buffet breakfast. Please call the Microtel Inn and Suites, 136 N. Comrie Ave., Johnstown, NY at 518-762-5425 to reserve a room, if necessary, and ask for the America’s History group rate. This rate is good until August 20, 2018

Our Tour Leaders/Historians:

Dr. Bruce N. Venter president of America’s History, LLC is an experienced tour leader of the Revolutionary War period. He is the author of The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America.

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Tour Registration – $100.00

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• Phone: 1-703-785-4373
• Email us at: info@AmericasHistoryLLC.com
• Postal mail: America’s History LLC, P. O. Box 1076, Goochland, VA 23063

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