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On November 5, 1774, six months before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord, a group of Virginian officers who had served in Lord Dunmore's Army gathered at Fort Gower, above the confluence of the Ohio and Hockhocking Rivers, to consider the grievances of British America and draft a series of resolves in response. In honor of the 250th Anniversary, the Southeast Ohio History Center is planning a day of commemorative programming to bring this largely-forgotten chapter of Ohio's history to life. Conference Schedule: 8:00 AM: Breakfast 9:00 AM: Welcome - Tom O'Grady, Southeast Ohio History Center 9:15: Reading of the Fort Gower Resolves - Alan Kraus, 13th Virginia Regiment 9:30: The Shawnee and the Long Knives - Nicole Bialko, Lanier College, Georgia 10:15: The Enlightenment Influence on the Fort Gower Resolves - Cyrus Moore, Baltimore Community Museum 11:00 Break 11:15: Shawnee Participation in Lord Dunmore’s War - Jeremy Turner, Shawnee Tribe 12:00: Lunch 12:35: Introduction to Keynote Speaker - Todd Kleismit, America 250-Ohio 12:45: Keynote Speaker - From the Fort Gower Resolves to the Ohio Company: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Legal Fictions of Revolutionary America - Stephen Warren, University of Iowa 1:30: The People Between: Dunmore’s War and the Indigenous Struggle for Independence - Travis Henline, Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation 2:15: Break 2:30: The Ohio Country and the American Revolution - Brandon Downing, Marietta College 3:15: Closing - The Many Resolves of 1774 - Chris Matheney, Ohio Statehouse; Jessica Cyders, Southeast Ohio History Center Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided.