Great Lakes Seaway Trail

PRESS RELEASE: July 1, 2010
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000; David Fitz-Enz, 518-891-6792

Colonel David Fitz-Enz Presents "Heroes of the War of 1812" July 30-31

Colonel David Fitz-Enz

Sackets Harbor, NY -- On Friday, July 30 at 6:30pm, decorated soldier, retired U.S. Army Colonel and military historian David Fitz-Enz will share the stories of the “Heroes of the War of 1812” at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, Ray & West Main Streets, in Sackets Harbor, NY. Fitz-Enz, a 30-year army veteran, earned the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism, the Bronze Star for Valor with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal, and three-leaf Legion of Merit honor.

On Saturday, July 31 from 1-3pm, Fitz-Enz will sign copies of his books: “Why a Soldier,” “The Final Invasion,” “Old Ironsides,” and “Redcoats’ Revenge” at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center overlooking the Sackets Harbor village waterfront.

“The Great Lakes Seaway Trail history programs take audiences young and old from today’s lovely waterfront village of Sackets Harbor back to its time as headquarters for the American Great Lakes fleet and several thousand soldiers and sailors preparing to fight invading forces,” Fitz-Enz says.

“Traveling the Great Lakes Seaway Trail offers an authentic modern-day experience of the War of 1812 on this America’s Byway noted for its significance to the national history of the United States,” Fitz-Enz adds.

Much of the War of 1812’s outcome was decided along the freshwater shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania. The 518-mile Great Lakes Seaway Trail is a signed series of roads along the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie. Learn more about at www.seawaytrail.com.

The $5 fee for the July 30 evening program at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center benefits the educational programming mission of the Seaway Trail Foundation. For more information and seating reservations, call 315-646-1000. #