2024 Fort Ontario Conference – The Black Military Experience in America
Saturday April 27th, 2024
Lake Ontario Event & Conference Center
Best Western Hotel, 26 East 1st Street, Oswego, New York 13126
(315) 342-4040
2024 Conference Flyer & Registration
Saturday Lectures & Lunch: $70
Student pricing: Saturday Lectures & Lunch: $40
Sunday: Free admission into Fort Ontario State Historic Site 9am – 1pm
Registration: 7:30AM – 8:30AM
Lectures: 8:30AM – 5:00PM
Lunch Included
Advance Registration & Payment
Required by April 15, 2024
Speakers:
Lavada Nahon – Black Soldiers of the 18th Century
Darren Overby – The Sable Arm of the Union Army, 1862-1867
Hanae Weber – The Impact of Loyalism on Black and Indigenous People
Jon Kobelia – The Rhode Island Regiment & Willet’s 1783 Oswego Campaign
Paul Lear – The Black Military Experience at Fort Ontario
Anthony Gero – Black New Yorkers In the War of 1812
Exhibit: Continental Arms Collectors, Inc.