August 2025 Events from the
Clinton County Historical Association
July 22, 2025
Press Release
These events, except for Sunday on the Island, are free and open to the public. Reservations need to be made for some and please contact us at 518-561-0340 for more information. Thank you for sharing our history.
August 3 – Sunday on the Valcour Island. The boat leaves from the Peru Dock between 9:30 am and 1:30 pm for a tour of the Bluff Point Lighthouse. Registration required by calling 518-561-0340. $30 per person.
August 6 – 9 am- 2 pm, America250 Event at the Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. A Revolutionary War Training Camp for boys and girls ages 12 to 16. Learn all aspects of the Revolutionary war soldier’s camp life. Preregistration required by calling 518-420-6477 or email [email protected]
August 9th – 10 am, Riverside Cemetery – Untold Tales of Famous Families. A tour with stories of the gravesites of some known and some not so well known local families with City Historian Jackie Stewart and CCHA volunteers Anne Bailey and Helen Nerska.
August 20 – 9 am- 2 pm, America250 Event at the Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. A Revolutionary War Training Camp for boys and girls ages 12 to 16. Learn all aspects of the Revolutionary war soldier’s camp life. Preregistration required by calling 518-420-6477 or email [email protected]
August 23, 10 am -11:15 am, America250 Event at the Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. “Whatever Shall I Wear” This workshop will explain the types of clothing men, women and children wore during early Revolutionary war times. Workshop leader Sharon Bell, will also explain your options for creating the Revolutionary war period look with relative ease. Preregistration is required – call 518-561-0340.
August 26th – 1 pm, Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. Women’s Equality Day – A Jury of Your Peers. Women received the right to vote across the nation in 1920 but not the right to have a jury of their peers until years later. Learn the struggle and gradual acceptance of women on juries. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters, the Clinton County Historical Association, The Kent-Delord House Museum, the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, the Saranac Chapter, NSDAR and the Plattsburgh Business & Professional Women.
August 26 - 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. Remembering Clinton County’s World War I Veterans and the Hometown celebrations which welcomed them back. Introducing the Clinton County WWI Record 1917-1919. The story of the impact of World War I on the Clinton County Community.
Press Release
These events, except for Sunday on the Island, are free and open to the public. Reservations need to be made for some and please contact us at 518-561-0340 for more information. Thank you for sharing our history.
August 3 – Sunday on the Valcour Island. The boat leaves from the Peru Dock between 9:30 am and 1:30 pm for a tour of the Bluff Point Lighthouse. Registration required by calling 518-561-0340. $30 per person.
August 6 – 9 am- 2 pm, America250 Event at the Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. A Revolutionary War Training Camp for boys and girls ages 12 to 16. Learn all aspects of the Revolutionary war soldier’s camp life. Preregistration required by calling 518-420-6477 or email [email protected]
August 9th – 10 am, Riverside Cemetery – Untold Tales of Famous Families. A tour with stories of the gravesites of some known and some not so well known local families with City Historian Jackie Stewart and CCHA volunteers Anne Bailey and Helen Nerska.
August 20 – 9 am- 2 pm, America250 Event at the Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. A Revolutionary War Training Camp for boys and girls ages 12 to 16. Learn all aspects of the Revolutionary war soldier’s camp life. Preregistration required by calling 518-420-6477 or email [email protected]
August 23, 10 am -11:15 am, America250 Event at the Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. “Whatever Shall I Wear” This workshop will explain the types of clothing men, women and children wore during early Revolutionary war times. Workshop leader Sharon Bell, will also explain your options for creating the Revolutionary war period look with relative ease. Preregistration is required – call 518-561-0340.
August 26th – 1 pm, Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh. Women’s Equality Day – A Jury of Your Peers. Women received the right to vote across the nation in 1920 but not the right to have a jury of their peers until years later. Learn the struggle and gradual acceptance of women on juries. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters, the Clinton County Historical Association, The Kent-Delord House Museum, the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, the Saranac Chapter, NSDAR and the Plattsburgh Business & Professional Women.
August 26 - 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. Remembering Clinton County’s World War I Veterans and the Hometown celebrations which welcomed them back. Introducing the Clinton County WWI Record 1917-1919. The story of the impact of World War I on the Clinton County Community.
