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Decoration Day Event

2019 Events, News, Past Events #CivilWar, #SchoharieCounty, Civil War, Decoration Day, Grand Army of the Republic, history, New York history, Old Stone Fort, Old Stone Fort Museum, Schoharie County Historical Society, Sons of Untion Veterans

Prior to Memorial Day, every May 30, the graves of Civil War soldiers were decorated with fresh flowers in what was known as Decoration Day. The Old Stone Fort Museum […]

Lecture: George Washington and the Mohawk Frontier

2019 Events, News, Past Events American Revolution, Book Signing, Colonial history, George Washington, history, History Lecture, Loyalist, militia, Mohawk Valley, Mohawk Valley History, New York history, Old Stone Fort, Old Stone Fort Lecture Series, Old Stone Fort Museum, Revolutionary War, Schoharie County, Schoharie County Historical Society

The 2019 Lecture Series continues at the Old Stone Fort Museum with a talk with Fort Plain Museum Director Norm Bollen, author of the new book “George Washington and the […]

130th Anniversary & Opening Weekend Celebration!

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Join us as we celebrate the opening of the 130th season at the Old Stone Fort Museum with a full day of immersive living history programs, a special ribbon cutting […]