Join the Southeast Ohio History Center for a one-day conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Fort Gower Resolves!

On November 5, 1774, six months before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord, a group of Virginian officers who had served in Lord Dunmore’s Army gathered at Fort Gower, above the confluence of the Ohio and Hocking Rivers, to consider the grievances of British America and draft a series of resolves in response.

For tickets and more information, please visit the Southeast Ohio History Center’s website: https://southeastohiohistory.org/

Please see the schedule below:

• 8:00 – 9:00: Breakfast– Join us for coffee and breakfast pastries from Fluff!
• 9:00 – 9:20: Welcome Tom O’Grady
• 9:20 – 9:30 Reading of the Fort Gower Resolves; 13th Virginia Infantry
• 9:30 – 10:15: The Shawnee and the Long Knives: An overview of Lord Dunmore’s War; Nicole Bialko, Lanier College
• 10:15 – 11:00: The Enlightenment Influence on the Fort Gower Resolves; Cyrus Moore, Baltimore Community Museum
• 11:00 – 11:15 Morning Break
• 11:15 – 12:00 The Shawnee Perspective on Lord Dunmore’s War; Jeremy Turner, Shawnee Tribe
• 12:00 – 12:30: Lunch– Enjoy soups, sandwiches, and salads provided by Mauvette’s
• 12:30 – 12:45 Introduction of the Keynote Speaker; Todd Kleismit, Executive Director, America 250-Ohio Commission
• 12:45 – 1:30: Keynote Speaker Dr. Stephen Warren, University of Iowa
• 1:30 – 2:15: The People Between: Dunmore’s War and the Indigenous Struggle for Independence; Travis Henline, Curator of Indigenous History and Culture, Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation
• 2:15 – 2:30: Break
• 2:30 – 3:15: The Ohio Country and the American Revolution; Dr. Brandon Downing, Marietta College
• 3:15 – 4:00: Closing: The Continued Relevance of the Fort Gower Resolves; Chris Matheney, Historian, Ohio Statehouse

This project was funded in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite Grant.

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