Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to present “Clearing Iroquoia” at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site (29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY) and online.
Join authors Travis M. Bowman – the head of museum collections for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s Bureau of Historic Sites – and Matthew A. Zembo – associate professor of history and military history at Hudson Valley Community College and instructor of American history at Bard Early College – for a talk about their new book, Clearing Iroquoia: New York’s Land Grab in the 1779 Campaigns of the American Revolution (2024).
In 1778, George Washington, Philip Schuyler, army officers, and New York officials began planning invasions against Iroquoia, the homeland of the Haudenosaunee and several other allied Indigenous nations. Bowman and Zembo’s Clearing Iroquoia offers a fresh perspective on the Clinton-Sullivan campaign and hard truths about of the dispossession of the Haudenosaunee homeland and American colonialism.
Travis Bowman is the head of museum collections for the New York State Bureau of Historic Sites, where he helps coordinate research, stewardship, and exhibition for the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation’s Historic Sites and Parks. Prior to moving to the Bureau of Historic Sites in 2014, Mr. Bowman worked in State and National Registers of Historic Places program, and from 2001 to 2007, he was Curator of Collections at Clermont State Historic Site.
Matthew Zembo has taught at the college level for twenty years and is an Associate Professor of History and Military History at Hudson Valley Community College. He is a regular consultant for New York State Parks and Historic Preservation on battlefield analysis, exhibit writing, and curatorial research related to Military History. He has also worked as an archeologist in Upstate New York and in Greece.
Tickets for the in-person event are $6 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the door; the museum opens at 6:30 PM. To reserve your spot call 914-965-4027. This lecture will not be recorded and will not be available after the conclusion of the program. Virtual access is free and available at https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-clearing-iroquoia
