Events

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the National Park Service is excited to announce Along the Trail, a virtual speaker series created for the dedicated trail community. This series brings together voices from across the trail’s landscapes to explore the rich nature and history that defines both the trail and the nation it traverses.

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Join via Zoom on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 pm EST for the first event in the series led by a ranger from Fort Stanwix National Monument in Rome, NY.

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Fort Stanwix National Monument is a small site with a big story. Built to defend the only break in the East-West water route of what is now New York state, the fort was active in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, after which it was known as “the fort that never surrendered”. In addition to it’s military use, the site was also home to two important American Indian treaty negotiations in 1768 and 1784, the last one officially ending the nine-year conflict with England.

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