From the August 24, 202, Niagara Frontier Publications.
The encampment is scheduled for Labor Day weekend September 4-5. This year's event will focus on U.S. troops who garrisoned the fort from June 1812 through December 1813, when the British captured the fort.
Activities include a Saturday afternoon presentation by acclaimed historian Richard V. Barbuto who will speak about "Seven Days in September 1814: Turning Point of the War of 1812." Her is author of numerous books about the War of 1812, including "New York's War of 1812," recently published by the University of Oklahoma Press.
He is also emeritus professor of history and has served as deputy director of the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A 1971 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he served for 23 years as armor officer with tours of duty in Germany, Korea and Canada.
--Brock-Perry
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