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    1. Re: [A-REV] List Mgr. comment: history, teaching thereof
    2. Bill Carr
    3. Once again this summer their will be ample opportunity to live our history in the Hudsona and Mohawk Valleys of New York and in neighboring Vermont (plus the opening event just on the other side of the Connecticut River in New Hampshire). Here's the list of events taken from "The Battlements", the quarterly newsletter of the Friends of Saratoga Battlefield: A series of events celebrating the 225th Anniversary of the invasion of the Champlain, Mohawk and Hudson Valleys in 1777 - THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN - Come and witness living history as the campaign winds it's way to the Battles of Saratoga, considered the turning point of the Ameri-can Revolution and the most decisive battle of the past millennium. This unforgettable story will be retold through re-enactments and special events; many on the original sites where they oc-curred, during the spring, summer and fall of 2002. (For more information: David Bernier, Sr., 178 Glendale Rd, Southampton, MA 01073 (413) 527-4470 Web site http://www.thenortherncampaign.org June 1-2, Fort #4-Charleston, NH June 15-16 Ethan Allen Days-Sunderland, VT June 22-23 "Crown Point"-Crown Point, NY July 5-7 "Battle of Hubbardton"-Hubbardton, VT July 9-14 18th Century Children's Discovery Center, Saratoga County Fair-Ballston Spa, NY July 13-14 "Battle of Fort Anne"- Fort Anne, NY July 27-28 "Soldiers on the Mount, Mount Independence"- Orwell, VT August 3-5 "Siege of Fort Stanwix! Battle of Oriskany"-Rome, NY August 10-12 Battle of the Flockey, Old Stone Fort Museum-Schoharie, NY August 16-18 "Battle of Bennington"- Bennington, VT September 7-8 "Annual Revolutionary War Encampment! Brown's Raid, Ft. Ticonderoga"- Ft. Ticonderoga, N.Y. September 27- 29 "225th Remberance of the Battles of Saratoga, Saratoga National Historical Park"- Stillwater, NY October 5-6 "West Point- Ft Montgomery"- Ft Montgomery, NY October 12-13 "Second Battle of Saratoga" -Saratoga, NY (Old Saratoga, now Schuylerville, NOT Saratoga Springs) October 13 "Corking the Bottle at Stark's Knob"- Northumberland, NY October 19th "Surrender March of Burgoyne" - Saratoga, NY October 19-20 "Burning of Kingston" -Kingston, NY October 20th "General Burgoyne is a Prisoner at the Schuyler Mansion," at Schuyler Mansion, Albany, N.Y. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS; Saratoga National Historical Park, Hubbardton Historical Society, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Manchester & the Mountains Regional Chamber of Commerce, Burning of the Valleys Military Association, The British Brigade, The Brigade of the American Revolution, Schuyler's Canal Park Visitors Center, Ft Ticonderoga, Mt. Independence Coalition, NY State Office of Parks Rec. & Historical Preservation, Washington County Historical Society. The Living History Assoc., - Revolutionary War Dept., City of Kingston, NY, Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, NY State Museum, The Ft. at Lock # 4, Ft Anne Historical Society, Center for Heritage Education & Tourism, Ct Colony Military Assoc.. Northern Dept of the Conti-nental Line, Adirondack Regional Chambers of commerce. Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Bill Carr Town of Malta Saratoga County, NY

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