The 2013 Oswego War of 1812 Symposium will be held at the Lake Ontario Conference and Event Center in Oswego, New York on April 5 – 7, 2013. Please visit the Fort Ontario web site for the registration form.
Friday, April 5
- 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Exhibit Set-up
- 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Early Registration, Meet & Greet Social (cash bar) and Exhibits open.
- 7:00 p.m. – Unveiling of the U.S. Brig Oneida by local artist Tim Ames
Saturday, April 6
- 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration & Refreshments (underwritten by Alliance Bank, NA)
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. – Welcome & Acknowledgements
- Paul A. Lear, Fort Ontario SHS Superintendent &
- The Oswego War of 1812 Steering Committee Chair
- 9:10 a.m. -10:00 a.m. In The Wake of the Few: Portraying 1812 Marine History on Canvas
- Dr. Peter Rindlisbacher, Historical Marine Artist, Katy, Tx.
- 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. The Days are Cold and the Nights Much Colder: The Archeology of Colonel Zebulon Pike’s 1812-1813 Winter Encampment
- Dr. Timothy Abel, Private Consultant and Adjunct Professor at SUNY Canton and Jefferson County Community College
- 10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. –Mid-morning Break
- 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Target of Opportunity: The Battles of Sackets Harbor
- Dr. Gary Gibson, Researcher & Trustee of the Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance, Sackets Harbor, NY
- 12:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. – Lunch
- 1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Hamilton & Scourge
- Jonathan Moore, Senior Underwater Archaeologist Parks Canada Underwater Archeology Service, Ottawa, Ontario
- 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. U.S. Brig Oneida and the Establishment of the US Navy on Lake Ontario
- Col. Clayton Nans, USMC, (Ret.), Naval Historian and Model Shipwright, Sackets Harbor, NY
- 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. – Mid-afternoon Break
- 2:50 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. You Never Know Where a Cargo of Salt Will Lead You: Daniel Dobbins, Salt Trader and the War of 1812 on Lake Erie
- Dennis Connors, Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY
- 3:40 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. For Want of a Strategic Horseshoe: How Isaac Chauncey Won the War in the West
- Maj. Sandy Antal, Canadian Forces (Ret.), Author, Cameron, Ontario
Sunday, April 7
- 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Refreshments
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Lambs Prepared for Slaughter: General Winfield Scott’s Training Camp at Buffalo
- Lt Col. Michael McGurty, NYNG, (Ret.), Superintendent New Windsor Cantonment & Knox’s Headquarters SHS, Vail’s Gate, NY
- 9:40 a.m. -10:20 a.m. Spy vs. Spy: Cross Border Espionage on Lake Ontario During the War of 1812
- Matthew MacVittie, Assistant Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY
- 10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. – Mid-morning Break –
- 10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Daily Life During the War of 1812 in the North Country
- Constance Barone, Superintendent, Sackets Harbor Battlefield SHS, Sackets Harbor, NY
- 11:20 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. Winning and Losing the War of 1812 Speaker’s Roundtable