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YEAR DATES CONVENTION DIRECTOR LOCATION THEME ATTENDANCE PROGRAM COVER LINK TO PHOTO ALBUM
2026 July 15-19 Scott Landis Lancaster County Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 250th Anniversary of the American War of Independence
2025 July 16-20 Scott Landis Lancaster County Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 250 Years of the US Army
2024 July 17-21 Scott Landis Lancaster County Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 From Hollywood to Historicon 2,557
2023 July 19-23 Joby Miller Lancaster County Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 America: Expansion and Civil War, 1789 to 1897 2,334 N/A
2022 July 20-24 Joby Miller Lancaster County
Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 World in Conflict: Italy 2,098 N/A
 2021 November
10-14		 Joby Miller Valley Forge
Casino Resort
King of Prussia PA		 Aircraft of War: Balloons, Bombers, Helicopters, and more… 1,696 N/A
2020 July 8-12 CANCELLED
2019 July 10-14 Joby Miller Lancaster Convention Center
Lancaster PA		 Extreme Terrain Edition: Jungle Warfare 2,272 N/A
2018 July 11-15 Joby Miller Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 Wars of Conquest
and those that led them		 2,510 N/A
2017 July 13-16 Paul Delaney Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 100 Years of Tanks 2,342 N/A
2016 July 14-17 Paul Delaney Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 Cavalry, Mounted warfare through the ages 2,336 N/A
2015 July 16-19 Paul Delaney Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 End of Empires 2,450 N/A
2014 July 17-20 Paul Delaney Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 Big Wars, Little Soldiers – World Wars throughout time 2,441 N/A
2013 July 18-21 Paul Delaney Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 American Civil War, 1863 – the Year of Decision 2,727 N/A
2012 July 17-21 John Drye Fredericksburg Expo
Fredericksburg VA		 Empires at War: Colonial Warfare, Imperialism and Gunboat Diplomacy, 1836-1937 2,720 N/A
2011 July 17-19 Bob Giglio Valley Forge Convention Center Valley Forge PA Brother Against Brother: The American Civil War, 1861–1865 2,946 N/A
2010 July 8-11 Bob Giglio Valley Forge Convention Center Valley Forge PA Pike and Shotte: Seventeenth Century Warfare, 1600–1699 2,980 N/A
2009 July 16-19 Bob Giglio Lancaster Host Lancaster PA Ride to the Sound of the Guns… – Napoleon’s 1809 Campaign and the Spanish Ulcer 3,565 N/A
2008 July 24-27 Bob Giglio Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The World on Fire – The first world war: The Seven Years and French & Indian Wars, 1754–63 3,667 N/A
2007 July 26-29 Bob Giglio Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The Wars of South Asia: Afghanistan, Burma, India and Pakistan, 1800–2007 3,272 N/A
2006 July 20-23 Bob Giglio Lancaster Host Lancaster PA Africa’s Independence – The Wars of Africa, 1905–2006 3,180 N/A
2005 July 21-24 John Drye Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The Age of Fighting Sail 2,908 N/A
2004 July 22-25 John Drye Lancaster Host Lancaster PA D-Day: 6 June 1944 and the Liberation of Western Europe 3,470 N/A
2003 July 24-27 Pat Shields Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The High Renaissance & the Rise of the Ottoman Empire: 1400-1566 AD 2,543 N/A N/A
2002 July 25-28 Pat Shields Lancaster Host Lancaster PA 1812: War on Two Continents 2,144 N/A
2001 July 19-22 JT Thomas Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The American Revolution 1777-1779 Years of the Hangman 1,924 N/A
2000 July 20-23 JT Thomas Lancaster Host Lancaster PA The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 2,263 N/A
1999 July 21-25 JT Thomas Lancaster Host Lancaster PA Suvorov at War – 1799 2,096 N/A
1998 July 22-25 JT Thomas Lancaster Host Lancaster PA Be a Rough Rider – ‘Charge!’ 3,665 N/A
1997 July 24-27 JT Thomas Lancaster Host Lancaster PA

 Victory at Sea – The Battle of St. Vincent – 1797 2,976 N/A
1996 July 18-21 JT Thomas Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 Day of Reckoning 3,100 N/A
1995 July 20-23 JT Thomas Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 Sound the Charge 2,890 N/A
1994 July 21-24 Bob Coggins Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 N/A 2,225 N/A
1993 July 21-25 Bob Coggins Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1992 July 23-26 Bob Coggins Lancaster Host
Lancaster PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1991 July 5-28 Bob Coggins Penn Harris Inn
Camp Hill, PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1990 July 26-29 Bob Coggins Penn Harris Inn
Camp Hill, PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1989 July 13-16 Bob Coggins Penn Harris Inn
Camp Hill, PA		 N/A N/A N/A N/A
1988 July 14-17 Bob Coggins Penn Harris Inn
Camp Hill, PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1987 July 6-19 Bob Coggins Penn Harris Inn
Camp Hill, PA		 N/A N/A N/A
1986 August 7-10 Pat Condray Sheraton Hotel & Exhibition Center
New Carrollton, MD		 N/A N/A N/A N/A
1985 Cancelled for ORIGINS 85
1984 July 27-29 Pat Condray Sheraton Hotel & Exhibition Center
New Carrollton, MD		 N/A N/A N/A
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