PLATTSBURGH — Drums echoing the beat of war fought long ago will keep the beat today as the Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration Weekend parade travels through the city.
It steps off at 1 p.m. from the Elks’ Club on Cumberland Head, moves to City Hall Place and ends at Durkee Street.
The parade is among a multitude of activities today and Sunday that mark the anniversary of the stunning American triumph over the British during the Battle of Plattsburgh in September 1814.
A $10 commemorative button designed by Seton Academy student Garrett Lemza give entries to all events except the Cannonball Run and horse rides at the Village Fair.
Here is the schedule:
TODAY
8:10 a.m.:
Cannonball Run registration, Old Base Oval, races at 9 a.m. 5 and 10K fun runs, $35, 1-mile Fun Run/Walk
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Farmer’s Market, Durkee Street.
10 a.m.:
1814 Battle Re-enactment, Spellman Road, Beekmantown; Saratoga replica demonstration, Champlain Monument, Cumberland Avenue; Fife-and-drum and pipe-and-drum units perform, Trinity Park and downtown area; Fun With Boats, build and sail your own small ship, 30 City Hall Place; Kent-Delord House Museum open for tours, 17 Cumberland Ave.; U.S. Navy Band Northeast concert at CVPH Medical Center, 75 Beekman St.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.:
Boy Scout Battle of Plattsburgh Stamp Cancellation, Trinity Park; cachet until 4 p.m.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
Boy Scout Historic Trail, starts at Trinity Park.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
Alice T. Miner Collection, Chazy; 1814 Military Encampment on Kent-Delord House museum grounds, ; Battle Bots! Interactive activities for children and adults, Trinity Park; 1814 Craft Demonstrations, City Hall steps; and, on the Old Base Museum Campus, Battle of Plattsburgh Association, War of 1812 Museum, 31 Washington Road; Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, 12 Museum Way; and Clinton County Historical Association Museum, 98 Ohio Ave.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
Confiance anchor exhibit, talk by Bill Van Stockum, City Hall, second floor; Macdonough Monument self-guided tours (closed during parade); Kids’ Games, Trinity Park; Historic Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Place, open for self-guided tours.
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
Historic First Presbyterian Church, self-guided tours, 34 Brinkerhoff Street.
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.:
Israel Green Tavern, vintage dining and entertainment. (closed 1:30 to 4 p.m.),18 Trinity Place.
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.:
Battle of Plattsburgh Challenge Cup, bateau race, Champlain Monument, Cumberland Avenue.
11 a.m. to noon:
The Rogues trio, Israel Green Tavern; 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Dear Lucy, vocalist.
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.:
Parade Warm-up Variety Show by the Gratto Family Jugglers, City Hall steps area.
12:15 p.m.: Kids’ Muster, immediately followed by Kids’ Parade, Trinity Park.
1 p.m.:
Big Parade, immediately followed by Beat Retreat with massed bands, City Hall steps area. Roducky Derby follows at the Macdonough Monument and then the Rotary Bed Race, City Hall Place.
3 p.m.:
Fashion Show, Kent-Delord House Barn, 17 Cumberland Ave.
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.:
The Greenbeans concert, Israel Green Tavern.
5 to 6 p.m.:
Eliza Mooers Historic District Walking Tour, Macdonough Monument.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.:
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Band of Cobourg, Ontario, Stafford Middle School auditorium, 15 Broad St.
8 to 11 p.m.:
Macomb Ball, English Country Dancing led by dance masters Gilchrist and Kokernot, with live period music by MGRP String Trio, Elk’s Club, 56 Cumberland Ave.
8 to 11 p.m.:
Too Tall String Band concert, Israel Green Tavern.
SUNDAY
8 and 10 a.m.:
19th-century Anglican Church services, Trinity Episcopal Church.
9:30 a.m.:
Worship service with 1814 elements, First Presbyterian Church, 34 Brinkerhoff St.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
Children’s Old-Time Village Fair with Tom Hanford, story teller and performer; horseback rides; arts and crafts; dolls and teddy bears; old-time country store, Macdonough Monument grounds.
10 a.m. to noon.:
Fun With Boats. 30 City Hall Place.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Fife-and-Drum and Pipe-and-Drum units, musical performances, downtown area; Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel, U.S. Oval, Old Base.10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: 1814 Military Encampment on grounds of Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Ave; Confiance anchor exhibit, talks by Bill Van Stockum, second floor of City Hall; 1814 Craft demonstrations by guides from Montreal’s Chateau Ramezay Museum, on grounds near City Hall; Kids’ Games, Trinity Park; Boy Scouts Booth Cachet, Trinity Park; Boy Scout Historic Trail, Trinity Park; Live Plucky Rooster display, Macdonough Monument; and, on the Old Base Museum Campus, Battle of Plattsburgh Association, War of 1812 Museum, 31 Washington Road; Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, 12 Museum Way; and Clinton County Historical Association Museum, 98 Ohio Ave.
10 to 4 p.m.:
Plucky Rooster sculpture display, Macdonough Monument; awards at 11 a.m. Noon: Live Plucky Rooster awards, Macdonough Monument.
11 to 11:30 a.m.:
Saratoga replica demonstration, Champlain Monument.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.:
Musical Menagerie and Chimneyside Tales, performed by Tom Hooker Hanford, at the Children’s Old-Time Village Fair, Champlain Monument.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Israel Green Tavern, vintage dining and entertainment, 18 Trinity Place.
11 to 11:45 a.m.:
Stan Ransom, the Connecticut Peddler, vocals, Israel Green Tavern.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.:
Shape Note singing, second floor, City Hall.
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.:
Soup Cook Off, sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness: Champlain Valley, City Hall Place.
Noon to 2 p.m.:
Alice Knight and Speedy Arnold, concert, Israel Green Tavern.
12:15 a.m.:
Kids’ Muster, immediately followed by Kids’ Parade, Trinity Park.
Noon to 3 p.m.:
Macdonough Monument self-guided tours.1 p.m.: 1814 Battle Re-enactment. Narration by Keith Herkalo, Champlain Monument.
1 to 3 p.m.:
Historic Trinity Episcopal Church, self-guided tours, Trinity Park.Buy the commorative buttons at: Corner-Stone Book Shop, 110 Margaret St; North Country Co-op, 25 Bridge St; Battle of Plattsburgh Association, 31 Washington Road; Kent-Delord House Museum, 11 Cumberland Ave; Aubuchon Hardware, 38 Skyway Shopping Center: Rulf’s Orchard, Bear Swamp Road in Peru, Key Bank branches; NBT Bank, Margaret St and Route 3; and Studleys Printing, Route 9.
Learn more at: http://www.champlain1812.com/calendar.html.
