GLIN==> Press release: New York's Historic Military Maps topic of May 6 speaker, new exhibit at Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center

PRESS RELEASE / Use before May 5, 2011
Contacts: Teresa Mitchell, Great Lakes Seaway Trail, 315-646-1000 x202
 
New York¹s Historic Military Maps Topic of May 6 Speaker, New Exhibit at
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center
 
Sackets Harbor, NY ­On Friday, May 6th the Great Lakes Seaway Trail
Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY, opens for the spring season with a
special exhibit of New York¹s Historic Military Maps from 1750 to 1820. At
6:30pm that evening living history re-enactor Randy Patten will share his
collection of historic maps, accoutrements and artifacts from the French and
Indian War.
 
Patten says, ³These maps provide a fascinating look into America¹s history
as it occurred in New York State. Several show the local Northern New York
area as well as all of New York state and parts of Canada and Pennsylvania,
and the waterways that people traveled to establish settlements and forts in
such places as Oswego and Youngstown.²
 
Over the past 30 years, Patten has traveled to the Library of Congress and
as far as Great Britain to obtain color copies of original maps, including
some from the collection of King George III. He describes the hand-drawn
maps as ³works of art.²
 
The presentation by the retired New York State Trooper will include a look
at French and Indian War artifacts, a British broadsword from a man-of-war
used in the War of 1812, and a lesson on historic musket safety.
 
The exhibit of the more than 50 historic maps will be on display Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 5 pm at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail
Discovery Center through June 26. The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery
Center is located at 401 W. Main Street. Day admission is $4. Evening
program admission is $5.

For more information on the Discovery Center and the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail National Scenic Byway, visit www.seawaytrail.com
<http://www.seawaytrail.com> or call 315-646-1000. # # #
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