2021 BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH COMMEMORATION 9-12 September 2021
Clinton County Historical Association and Old Base Museum Campus Schedule of Events
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Each person visiting the CCHA museum or taking the walking tour of the Oval will receive a ticket for $1 off a pint of beer at Oval Craft Brewing.
THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 9th
10:00 am – 4 pm – All Museums and Shops open
At CCHA: Focus on the Aikin Rifle in the Military Gallery
John Barton, one of the donors of the Aikin rife will be available for discussion from 11am to 1pm
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Walking Tours of Oval and Forts hosted by Helen Nerska – Pre-registration appreciated
3:00 – 8:00 pm – Oval Craft Brewing offering a beer brewed especially for this event – Summer Fling and Aikin Ale
2:00 – 8 pm – Valcour Brewing Company – Kick-off the weekend
FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 10th
10:00 am – 4 pm – All Museums and Shops open
At CCHA: Focus on the Aikin Rifle in the Military Gallery
John Barton, one of the donors of the Aikin rife will be available for discussion from 11am to 1pm
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Walking Tours of Oval and Forts led by Helen Nerska – Pre-registration appreciated
3:00 pm – Wayside Exhibits/Interpretive Panels Unveiling – Fort Brown, Crab Island, Lake Champlain – John Krueger will speak and unveil; and Plattsburgh Idea – Helen Nerska will speak and unveil – Unveiling to take place outdoors on the lawn. In case of inclement weather, unveiling will be canceled due to space limitations inside the Museum.
3:00 – 9:00 pm – Oval Craft Brewing offering a beer brewed especially for this event – Summer Fling and Aikin Ale
SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 11th
8:46 am – For the remembrance of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel bell will ring four times at the time of each attack – 8:46, 9:03, 9:37, 10:03.
10:00 am – 4 pm – Museums and Shops open
At CCHA: Focus on the Aikin Rifle in the Military Gallery
John Barton, one of the donors of the Aikin rife will be available for discussion from 11am to 1pm
1:00 – 2:30 pm – Parade downtown
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Walking Tours of Oval and Forts led by Helen Nerska – Pre-registration appreciated
1:00 – 9:00 pm – Oval Craft Brewing offering a beer brewed especially for this event – Summer Fling and Aikin Ale
9:30-11:30 am History Talks – Trinity Episcopal Church, 18 Trinity Place, Plattsburgh
Speaker – Keith Herkalo: “The Fate of the British Fleet from Lake Champlain”
Speaker – Andrew Saxe: “The Saxe Family and the Battle of Plattsburgh”
Speaker – John Barton: “The Aikin Rifle: Its History and Legacy”
SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 12th
10:00 am – 4 pm – CCHA Museum and Shop open – War of 1812 and PAFB Museums closed)
Focus on the Aikin Rifle in the Military Gallery
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Walking Tours of Oval and Forts led by Helen Nerska – Pre-registration appreciated
1:00-6:00 pm – Oval Craft Brewing offering a beer brewed especially for this event – Summer Fling and Aikin Ale
4:00-5:00 pm Old Post Cemetery Memorial Ceremony
We hope you all come to the museum to see our most precious and important artifact from the Battle of Plattsburgh – Martin Aikin’s rifle.
Also remember the 20th Anniversary of the Events of 9/11. Ask for this commemorative sticker at the museum.
Posted: September 9th, 2021 under Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.