News & Events

Moderator

A virtual book club that discusses a few chapters of the book per month and explores how the American Revolution affected the Hudson Valley & beyond.

Open to Schenectady County Historical Society members.

Exhibit opening/Welcome home party

February 6, 2026 @ 6 pm

Schenectady County Historical Society welcomes home its Liberty Flag, which will be on display in a new exhibit to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s declaration of impendence. Schenectady’s Liberty flag was arguably the first in our nation and was on display at the Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, for a special exhibit in 2025.

Click on the button below to see photos from the SCHS’s 250th anniversary reenactment of the Liberty flag raising.

March 21, 2026 @ 2 p.m. -4 p.m.

Presenter: Thaddeus Kosciuszko Duels John Barker Church

Join multiple presenters for a breeze-through of ten facts about the Revolutionary War that you may not know.

April 25, 2026 @ 2 p.m.

Author talk and book signing

Hosted by Friends of Clermont State Historic Site

Location: Germantown Library, 31 Palatine Park Road, Germantown NY, 12526

May 14, 2026

Presentation: “Give Them Liberty in My Name: Thaddeus Kosciuszko in the Northern Department”

June 12, 2026 @ 5:30 p.m.

Presenter: Iron in the Water

(photo by Jeffrey Waldin, History Camp: Boston 2023)

July 3, 2026 @ 6:30 - 9:30pm

Mabee Farm Historic Site, 1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150

Schenectady County Historical Society celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

August 22, 2026 @ 10 am - 4 pm

Tentative

Mabee Farm Historic Site, 1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150

November 7, 2026 @ 02 pm

Moderator

Schenectady County Historical Society presents a one-day symposium of leading historians, scholars, and public history professionals to explore New York’s role, including Schenectady’s role, in the American Revolution.

Stay tuned for more information, including speaker announcements!

February 08, 2025

Moderator

Authors from the Accidental Time Travelers Collective gather to discuss writing short stories, publishing, and (of course!) time travel

April 26, 2025

Mocha Lisa’s Caffe & Books

22 Clifton Country Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065, Suite 34

Organization co-chair, Author Panel moderator

June 11, 2025

June 21, 2025

Clifton Park Center Mall, 22 Clifton Country Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065

August 9, 2025

Clay Historical Association

Clay Historical Park, 4939 NY 31, Clay, NY

August 23, 2025

Mabee Farm Historic Site

1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150

September 27, 2025

Book signing

1400 Washington Ave., Campus Center Ballroom, Albany, NY 12222

photo by: Fawn Brokaw Doyle

October 03, 2025

Book signing

Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

October 12, 2025

Mabee Farm Historic Site

1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150

November 8, 2025

book signing

Cohoes Public Library, 18 Mohawk Street, Cohoes, NY 12047

October 26, 2025

book signing

MochaLisa's Caffé, 22 Clifton Country Road, Suite 78, Clifton Park, NY 12065

Photo by: Roland Van Zandt

November 22, 2025

Book signing

West Hartford Conference Center, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107

November 29, 2025

Event by The Book Hive and Common Roots Brewing Company

Common Roots Brewing Company Albany Outpost, 19 Quakenbush Square, Albany, NY

December 06, 2025

Book signing

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY

December 13, 2025

Dramatic reader

Enjoy cocktails (or mocktails) inspired by Jane Austen’s novels while listening to dramatic readings of passages from the books they're based on.

Released to newsletter subscribers: March 25, 2024

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March 25, 2024 - April 22, 2024

Kickstarter is a crowd-funding site that supports a wide community of authors and publishers. Supporters pledge a donation in exchange for goodies related to the cause. Should the campaign not meet its goal, supporters are not asked to give their pledged amount.

Vails Gate Publishing LLC will be launching a Kickstarter campaign to help fund production for and share the general good news about “The General’s Watch.”

Visit the link below to sign-up for a notification of when the campaign goes live!

April 27, 2024

Mocha Lisa’s Caffe & Books

22 Clifton Country Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065

April 27, 2024

Proctors Theatre

432 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

The Enlightened series, book two

eBook Release: April 30, 2024

Print edition: May 04, 2024

June 01, 2024

Albany Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY 12205

June 2024 edition

interview

June 22, 2024

A special presentation for members of the Shenectada DAR chapter

Mention in Musings of a Bookish Historian

July 01, 2024

Quote: “And this is where Kiersten comes in. In November 2022, she reached out to me about reading and reviewing Witness to the Revolution, a historic fantasy novel with elements of romance, time travel, and adventure. I read it, loved it, and reviewed it, next one. She wasn’t the first author I worked with, after all. However, something incredible happened…”

Stock image by @digitalcontentwritersindia

July 15, 2024

Book: The General’s Watch

Iron in the Water: How American Rebels Blocked British Control of the Hudson River

August 10, 2024

Presenter, book signing

(photo by: The Husband)

August 10, 2024

Release date of Vails Gate edition of Witness to the Revolution

August 24, 2024

Mabee Farm Historic Site, Schenectady County Historical Society

1100 Main Street, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150

September 17, 2024

University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany NY 12222

October 05, 2024

Saratoga City Center, 522 Broadway | Saratoga Springs, New York 12866

The Saratoga Book Festival is a special event of the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to support the Saratoga Springs Public Library. Proceeds of the Saratoga Book Festival will be used to fund the Saratoga Springs 1000 Book Before Kindergarten program.

October 12, 2024

Book signing

October 13, 2024

Recipient

“Demonstration of Extraordinary Effort in Raising Awareness of Revolutionary Patriots and America’s 250th Anniversary.” - NSDAR

To learn more about the Daughters of the Revolution and our dedication to celebrating and preserving our American inheritance, please visit the the NSDAR website.

Recipient

“The purpose of the Women in the Arts Recognition Award is to recognize and honor a woman who has exhibited excellence in her chosen genre. This award is an art award; designed to recognize worthy women for outstanding achievements in the non-performance arts… The recipient is expected to have contributed to her artistic field in an outstanding manner beyond mastery of technique.” ~ NSDAR

December 07, 2024

Book signing

389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, New York

December 08, 2024

Publication of short story “Reels Through Time,” a sequel from the same universe as “Muse” (ATTC, volume 2, 2023)

Book: The General’s Watch

First print edition released: February 14, 2023

April 15, 2023, 11 AM - 4 PM

Hosted at Washington Crossing Historic Park, PA. Co-Sponsored by Authors Congress, LLC, Liberty & Co., and AmRev Round Table.

The Authors of the American Revolution Congress is a blended conference of literary celebration and scholarly discussion focused on the American Revolution and foundations of American governing.

During the month of April, “Witness to the Revolution” was entered in the Cover of the Month competition, hosted by All Author. There were four rounds. My girl, Savvy, made it to the final round of the competition. Thank you to everyone who voted!

July 15, 2023, 2 PM - 3:30 PM

Hosted by the Schenectady Historical Society at Mabee Farm Historic Site

Saturday, August 12, 2023, 9 AM - 5:30 PM

Presentation “The Peasant Prince in America: Thaddeus Kosciuszko”

Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts

August 18, 2023

Podcast hosts: Bob Cudmore & Dave Greene

Places to listen: BobCudmore.com, Historians Episode#488SoundCloud,

The recording originally aired on several Capital District radio stations, plus Audacy, iTunes, The NY Almanack, the NYS Museum.

September 23, 2023, 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Hosted by: NYS Writers Institute, based at the University at Albany

1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222

September 26, 2023

Book: Witness to the Revolution

September 26, 2023

Season 4, episode 9: Tadeusz Kościuszko with Kiersten Marcil - Revolution 250 Podcast

Podcast hosts: Robert J. Allison & Jonathan Lane

September 29, 2023

Book: Witness to the Revolution

Category: historical fantasy

October 14, 2023, 10 AM - 2:00 PM

Participant in the Literary Marketplace

The Saratoga City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs

October 25, 2023

Book: Witness to the Revolution

Image: Lasell Hall, home of the Schoharie Chapter

October 29, 2023, 9 AM - 11 AM

Participant in book talks and other treats

MochaLisa's Caffé & Books, 22 Clifton Country Road, Suite 34, Clifton Park, NY 12065

December 02, 2023 @ 11 am - 4 pm

Fort Plain Museum, 389 Canal Street, Fort Plain, NY 13339

December 08, 2023

Editor and Contributing Author (“Muse”)

December 13, 2023

Book: Witness to the Revolution

December 31, 2023

Book: Witness to the Revolution

Category: Historical Fantasy

Ep. 1: Interviewee (Dec. 20, 2021)

Ep. 3: Interviewer - with Kathleen Foxx, podcast host of #BaddAssWriters (Jan. 30, 2022)

Ep. 5: Interviewer - with Keith W. Willis, author of the Knights of Kilbourne (Feb. 27, 2022)

January 15, 2022

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Interviewee

S1E9 - The Line Between Fact and Fiction || Kiersten Marcil by badasswriters (anchor.fm)

February 01, 2022

Moderator

Co-sponsored by Nathan’s Papers and Liberty & Co.

April 23, 2022

Presenter

August 13, 2022

Photo by: Salina B. Baker

Hosted by NYS Writers Institute and SUNY Albany

September 17, 2022

December 08, 2022

Editor

December 10, 2022, at 1 PM EST

Live celebration with Champagne Book Group authors.

First edition eBook release: December 12, 2022