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Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Norm Bollen
Documentary film makers scouting Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.
Florentine, based in New Hampshire, is the production company affiliated with Ken Burns that has created PBS documentary series including the Civil War, Country Music and the Roosevelts, among many others.
Norm Bollen, chairman of the board of directors of Fort Plain Museum, met with a Florentine producer and showed her some Revolutionary War sights in the Mohawk Valley.
“And they came back with a film crew,” Bollen said. “We went out at 6 am. They like to do a lot of sunrise and sunset shots. It was pretty foggy the morning we were shooting. They were taking some nice shots of the Palatine Church. They really liked that.”
Tomorrow, Monday, October 10, 2022-The story behind the story. Ken Burns documentary crew visits the Mohawk Valley?
Built by Palatine German Lutherans in 1770, the church, between Nelliston and St. Johnsville, was spared from destruction in a 1780 Revolutionary War raid led by British Loyalist leader Sir John Johnson.
Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Bollen hasn’t seen the script. He wonders where the Mohawk Valley will end up in the documentary series.
Bollen said, “It’s a quality company and they do great documentaries. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’re going to get some good honorable mentions in there.”
Bollen has sent Florentine Films information on how the Revolution was a civil war in the Mohawk Valley. British loyalists who had escaped to Canada joined Native Americans and British soldiers in conducting devastating raids on settlements in the valley. Fighting continued here for a year and a half after the 1781 battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
And Bollen said the Mohawk Valley was important during the Revolution because it was the pathway to the Great Lakes and the west.
The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park, located on a hilltop off Route 5 S just west of the village, was founded in 1961. Several of the key players in the museum organization include Bollen, Brian Mack and Wayne Lenig who all began working on archeological digs at the site of the fort when they were in their teens.
The village of Fort Plain was originally named after the fort, an important military outpost in the Revolutionary War. Archaeological investigation excavated the site of the original fort's stockade. The exploration uncovered barracks buildings, a dining hall, officer’s quarters, a small blockhouse and sentry posts.
In recent years the Museum has held American Revolution conferences at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and other venues which have attracted hundreds of people to hear talks from authors and other experts. The museum has an online bookstore and has placed a dozen historic markers in the surrounding area which Bollen calls Mohawk Country.
Bollen said, “It’s all been a big success and given us a national outreach. We are now working on an expansion of the museum.”
The museum has hired Saratoga Associates, a well-known regional planning firm, to put the expansion plan together. Fund raising will then begin in earnest for probably an $8 million project.
The renovation will feature construction of walking trails and picnic grounds on the hilltop. The project also will include expansion of the museum’s space and construction of the museum’s own conference center.
Bollen said, “We see visitors from all over the country all the time. We just want to see a lot more of them.”
The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive is underway. Please help us reach our $6000 goal this year. You can donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
All tours begin/end at Amsterdam City Hall, 61 Church St., parking available, free refreshments. Tours are approximately one hour in length, outdoors over uneven ground, wear appropriate clothing and foot ware
http://www.historicamsterdam.org/
And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Sunday, October 9, 2022
Lake-enhanced showers continue to impact the
southwestern Adirondacks while lake-enhanced clouds persist north of
I-90. Surface high pressure builds in the Mid-Atlantic, keeping
showers from the tail end of an approaching shortwave and cold front
limited to the northern tier of the forecast area on Monday.
Temperatures moderate under a modest warming trend, but remain
stubbornly below seasonal norms into the workweek.
Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Light southwest wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Columbus Day
A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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By Bob CudmoreBollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Norm Bollen
Documentary film makers scouting Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.
Florentine, based in New Hampshire, is the production company affiliated with Ken Burns that has created PBS documentary series including the Civil War, Country Music and the Roosevelts, among many others.
Norm Bollen, chairman of the board of directors of Fort Plain Museum, met with a Florentine producer and showed her some Revolutionary War sights in the Mohawk Valley.
“And they came back with a film crew,” Bollen said. “We went out at 6 am. They like to do a lot of sunrise and sunset shots. It was pretty foggy the morning we were shooting. They were taking some nice shots of the Palatine Church. They really liked that.”
Tomorrow, Monday, October 10, 2022-The story behind the story. Ken Burns documentary crew visits the Mohawk Valley?
Built by Palatine German Lutherans in 1770, the church, between Nelliston and St. Johnsville, was spared from destruction in a 1780 Revolutionary War raid led by British Loyalist leader Sir John Johnson.
Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Bollen hasn’t seen the script. He wonders where the Mohawk Valley will end up in the documentary series.
Bollen said, “It’s a quality company and they do great documentaries. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’re going to get some good honorable mentions in there.”
Bollen has sent Florentine Films information on how the Revolution was a civil war in the Mohawk Valley. British loyalists who had escaped to Canada joined Native Americans and British soldiers in conducting devastating raids on settlements in the valley. Fighting continued here for a year and a half after the 1781 battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
And Bollen said the Mohawk Valley was important during the Revolution because it was the pathway to the Great Lakes and the west.
The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park, located on a hilltop off Route 5 S just west of the village, was founded in 1961. Several of the key players in the museum organization include Bollen, Brian Mack and Wayne Lenig who all began working on archeological digs at the site of the fort when they were in their teens.
The village of Fort Plain was originally named after the fort, an important military outpost in the Revolutionary War. Archaeological investigation excavated the site of the original fort's stockade. The exploration uncovered barracks buildings, a dining hall, officer’s quarters, a small blockhouse and sentry posts.
In recent years the Museum has held American Revolution conferences at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and other venues which have attracted hundreds of people to hear talks from authors and other experts. The museum has an online bookstore and has placed a dozen historic markers in the surrounding area which Bollen calls Mohawk Country.
Bollen said, “It’s all been a big success and given us a national outreach. We are now working on an expansion of the museum.”
The museum has hired Saratoga Associates, a well-known regional planning firm, to put the expansion plan together. Fund raising will then begin in earnest for probably an $8 million project.
The renovation will feature construction of walking trails and picnic grounds on the hilltop. The project also will include expansion of the museum’s space and construction of the museum’s own conference center.
Bollen said, “We see visitors from all over the country all the time. We just want to see a lot more of them.”
The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive is underway. Please help us reach our $6000 goal this year. You can donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
All tours begin/end at Amsterdam City Hall, 61 Church St., parking available, free refreshments. Tours are approximately one hour in length, outdoors over uneven ground, wear appropriate clothing and foot ware
http://www.historicamsterdam.org/
And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Sunday, October 9, 2022
Lake-enhanced showers continue to impact the
southwestern Adirondacks while lake-enhanced clouds persist north of
I-90. Surface high pressure builds in the Mid-Atlantic, keeping
showers from the tail end of an approaching shortwave and cold front
limited to the northern tier of the forecast area on Monday.
Temperatures moderate under a modest warming trend, but remain
stubbornly below seasonal norms into the workweek.
Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Light southwest wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Columbus Day
A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Sunday, October 9, 2022
Daily Gazette
SUNY union calls for greater state funding
Warning of larger class sizes and possible program cuts, officials on Friday called for additional state funding to address growing…
Capital Region experts warn of a bad flu season compared to recent years
SCHENECTADY — After a few years of reprieve, Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, is expected to be back with…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/