The Peru Gazette

June 6^th – 10:30 am, Town of Clinton Town Hall, 23 Smith Street, Churubusco. Churubusco and the 1837 Rebellion with Town of Clinton Historian Rebecca Le Clair. Join us to discuss the demographics of the Town of Clinton (Churubusco). This presentation will reveal why the Churubusco populus is primarily French Canadian and Irish by delving into the history or settlement in Churubusco and how it ties into the Canadian rebellion of 1837.

June 6^th, 11 am – Flag Ceremony beginning at Point au Fer with American Legion Post 912 and Post 1619’s Revolutionary War Honor Guard to honor Revolutionary War Veterans interred in cemeteries in the Town of Champlain: Point au Fer, Maple Hill, Glenwood, Shutes, Waters and Wiley’s Point.

June 8^th – 6 pm, American Legion, 29 Pratt St., Rouses Point. Struggle in the Snow: The invasion and storming of Quebec with Thaddeus Booth Trudo. New Year’s Eve 2025 was the 250th Anniversary of the attempted storming of Quebec City by American forces under the command of Generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold. Learn more about this event and the brave patriots who participate in this early revolutionary war battle.

June 9^th – 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. Walk Around the Block – a photographic view of the Plattsburgh City Center in the late 19^th and early 20^th Centuries with Pat Loughan. 

June 12^th – 12:30 pm, Plattsburgh Senior Center, 5139 North Catherine Street, Plattsburgh. Walk Around the Block – a photographic view of the Plattsburgh City Center in the late 19^th and early 20^th Centuries with Pat Loughan. 

June 18^th – 6:00 pm, Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. Churubusco and the 1837 Rebellion with Town of Clinton Historian Rebecca LeClair. Join us to discuss the demographics of the Town of Clinton (Churubusco). This presentation will reveal why the Churubusco populus is primarily French Canadian and Irish by delving into the history or settlement in Churubusco and how it ties into the Canadian rebellion of 1837!

June 24^th, 6 pm – Lecture, Peru Free Library, 3024 N. Main St, Peru. Peru Veterans and the founding of the Town with Military historian Thaddeus Booth-Trudo and Town of Peru historian Helen Nerska 

June 25^th – 6:00 pm, Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel, 100 US Oval, Plattsburgh. History Matters: Revolution, Independence and Valcour Island by John Krueger. History matters because liberty is not self-sustaining; it must first be imagined in the minds and hearts of ordinary people and then defended through sacrifice, leadership, and endurance. Using figures such as John and Abigail Adams, Joseph Warren, and William Emerson, this engaging illustrated presentation will explain how the American Revolution grew from conviction into action, while the Declaration of Independence gave that struggle its clearest moral and political

purpose. Its central regional argument is that Valcour Island deserves lasting

historical importance because Benedict Arnold’s improvised naval stand on Lake

Champlain delayed the British advance long enough to preserve the northern

defenses and help make Saratoga possible. A familiar story will be told in an

unfamiliar manner, something you won’t want to miss.

All events are free and open to the public.