Commemoration Events
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2010 - Sept. 10-12
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March to Plattsburgh: On Saturday, the 4th of September, the British will invade Clinton County at Dewey’s Tavern in Champlain and begin a three day march to Plattsburgh, arriving in Chazy on Saturday evening to set up camp. On Sunday the trek takes them to West Chazy. On Monday, Labor Day, the journey will conclude in Plattsburgh with stops for memorial ceremonies at Culver Hill and Halsey’s Corners. This march falls on the anniversary dates of the actual invasion of the British in 1814.
New Memorial on Crab Island: For 196 years, scores of British combatants have laid buried on Crab Island, never publicly identified with an appropriate marker. Through the efforts of British war veteran Roy Carter and his wife Jo, who is a descendant of a British officer killed at Culver Hill, along with their friend David Dumbreck, the memorial is being personally funded. Dedication and unveiling of this new monument inscribed with the names of the British soldiers and sailors takes place on Crab Island, Friday, September 10th. John Rock and a reenactor contingent from American Legion Post 1619 plan to recreate a hospital on the Island, to give visitors an idea of what it was like during the naval battle.
New Re-enactment site in Beekmantown on Saturday, September 11: Through the cooperation of the Town of Beekmantown, the new site is located at the end of the Heritage Trail behind the Town Hall on the Spellman Road. Entitled, “The First Bloody Encounter,” it commemorates the first skirmish between the marching British army and the American forces that took place on September 6, 1814 and shows spectators a different perspective of the various land battles.
Bed Race: On Saturday following the parade, the Plattsburgh Noon Rotary club will be adding another race immediately following it’s Roducky Derby event, with its first annual Rotary Bed Race. You won’t want to be caught sleeping when this exciting race takes place
Soup Tasting and Inisheer concert: On Sunday the Champlain Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness offer a Soup Cook Off from 11:30 - 2:30 Sunday on City Hall Place. Another new event on Sunday is an afternoon concert on City Hall steps starts at 1:00. Inisheer, a dynamic celtic group from Saranac Lake, performs lively music for the whole family.
SAVE THE DATE! COME JOIN THE FUN
BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH PARADE • VOLUNTEERS IN HISTORY
Saturday • September 11, 2010 • 1:00 PM
The drama of the famous battle is narrated while re-enactors on land and water bring the decisive battle to life.
At the authentic 1814 Encampment see how soldiers and their families really lived in 1814.
Historic Lectures explain the vital role that Plattsburgh played at the at the end of the war. Five memorials pay tribute to the sailors and soldiers on both sides who fought and died for their countries.
Fetching wenches attend to your every need at the Israel Green Tavern as you toast one another and the heroes of this famous battle. Delicious period food, drink and continuous entertainment - it just doesn’t get any better than this.
The starting line up for a whole week of concerts include, Towne Meeting, a five member band with powerful vocal harmonies and the After Five Brass quintet whose repertoire includes everything from classical to jazz. More TBA.
Beartracks, featuring the beautiful sibling harmony of Tom and Julie Venne and the masterful dobro artistry of one of the truly great players, Junior Barbar, perform roots country, blue grass and Americana music in the annual Friday night outdoor concert on Plattsburgh’s City Hall Steps.
Prior to a spectacular half hour barrage of Fireworks, the evening’s finale, the United States Navy Band Northeast present a short concert of traditional marches and jazz -phenomenal finger snapping, foot tapping music!
Indoor band concerts held in the Stafford Middle School auditorium include the U.S. Navy Northeast Cememonial and Concert Band on Thursday evening and Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band of Cobourg, Ontario on Saturday day evening.
Both bands have captured the hearts of audiences in Plattsburgh, inspiring many standing ovations for the versatility and quality of their music.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Plattsburgh Police Pipes & Drums and the Spirit of Scotland Pipes & Drums, as well as fife and drum units play in various venues throughout the downtown area.
The Macomb Ball is a fancy period dress English Country Dance with live music by the delightful young Canadian string trio, Arcanson and directed by dance masters Bruce Kokernot and Wendy Gilchrist.
About English Country Dance
“The name ‘country dance’ has nothing to do with country as opposed to town, but comes from the French ‘contre-danse,’ describing the way in which the dancers start by standing up facing each other in two long rows. . . The leading couple would then move off down the row, the other couples falling in behind them; there was no fancy footwork involved, but the dancers would weave their way in a variety of patterns across the floor, linking arms or hands with their partners as the figure required.”
Excerpt from Deirdre Le Faye’s Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels.
This old fashioned parade has become one of the largest events associated with the Battle of Plattsburgh and the history of the area. With over sixty units, the marching bands include the U.S. Navy Band Northeast, Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band of Cobourg, Ontario, The Spirit of Scotland Pipes & Drums, Peru Central School Marching Band, the Sailing Masters of 1812 Fife & Drum Corps, Police Pipes & Drums of Plattsburgh, Green Mountain Fife & Drum Corps and the Seth Warner Fife & Drum Corps. Immediately following the parade, the massed bands perform a Beat Retreat; a musical, spine tingling finale of pomp and ceremony.
Join the Kids’ Militia! General Macomb needs you!
Trinity Park is the place where kids of all ages play marbles, horse shoes, Game of Graces, whimmy diddle and other old fashioned games. The Kids’ Parade, immediately follows the Kids’ Muster. A delight for any age is the High Peaks Juggler’s interactive comedy show.
The Plucky Rooster Contest is inspired by the legend of a plucky rooster on board the American ship Saratoga. (If you want to know more, click on Legend of the Rooster located at top, upper left of this page.) Plucky Roosters can be constructed of any medium - toys, tools, plastic bags, foliage, wood and yes, even duck tape!
6th Annual Cannonball Fun Run 5K & 10K run, 1 mile run/walk takes place on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010.
Registration form:
http://cannonballfunrun2010.yolasite.com/
What a bargain!
A $10 Admission Button admits bearers to all museums and events. Children under 18 years old are free. Admission Buttons on sale beginning in June for $8.00. After August 31, the price is $10.00.
2010 t-shirts will available for $15.
For more information call Kit Booth @ 518-563-4375.
