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This year`s "A Revolutionary Anthology: Power of Place" exhibit brings together dozens of artifacts from across our collection connected to key places where the Revolution unfolded. On display will be four muskets from the British 53rd Regiment of Foot, which was stationed at Ticonderoga in late 1777. This is the largest grouping of this regiment`s arms in one place since the Revolutionary War!

Each musket was carefully engraved with the number of the regiment, the letter of the Company, and a number for that musket, which was then assigned to the soldier who carried it. These muskets were made in Ireland, and are a unique pattern for this regiment, who lost many during a raid on Fort Ticonderoga in September of 1777, including 3 of the 4 seen here!

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The next Fort Fever Series program is on Wednesday, April 24th at 7pm ET, and features Cameron Green, Fort Ticonderoga`s Director of Interpretation, on "Ticonderoga`s Neighborhood in 1774." Free for members. Register here:

https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/fort-fever-series-featuring-cameron-green/

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On #NationalLaundryDay we salute the women who followed companies of soldiers during the #RevolutonaryWar, providing this vital service to keep the army healthy. At #FortTiconderoga, we recreate this unsung labor among our many #livinghistory programs.

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Happy #ManuscriptMonday! This week marks the 249th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first major military action of the Revolutionary War. While the battles took place more than 200 miles away and in a different colony from Fort Ticonderoga, the locations are connected by the life stories of the soldiers who served in both places. One such soldier was Captain Edmund Munro (also spelled Munroe), the author of today’s document, MS.1965. Munro was born and raised in Lexington, MA and was part of Captain John Parker’s company of Lexington militia. He was present with the company on Lexington’s town common on the morning of April 19, 1775 as the militia confronted British troops on their way to confiscate military stores at Concord. During the skirmish, he watched men from the company, including his own relatives, fall to British fire. In July 1776, Munro marched to Fort Ticonderoga as a lieutenant and quartermaster in Colonel Jonathan Reed’s 6th Regiment of Middlesex Militia. This was likely not his first visit to Ticonderoga; several decades earlier, he had served with Massachusetts’ provincial forces in the French and Indian War and spent time stationed at Fort Crown Point. In MS.1965, a letter to his wife Rebekah dated October 20, 1776, Munro describes life at Ticonderoga: “We have had no attack from the Enemy, but are hourly Expecting them… we Indeavor to be in the Best Preparations.” Despite the suspense of a possible attack, which might have brought back memories of his encounter with the British in Lexington, Munro claimed to be doing well: “I am in good health & high spirits”. He would not face the British again that season. They had advanced as far as Crown Point, but had chosen to retreat after seeing the quality of Ticonderoga’s defenses. Munro returned home to Lexington and to Rebekah that winter, but his military journey continued, eventually leading him to Monmouth, NJ, where a British cannonball cut his brave and well-traveled life short.

This document can be found on our online database in the link below. #TiconderogaCollections #OpeningTheVault #AmericanRevolution https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/29990

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The Coming Revolution: Exploring the American Revolution with Fort Ticonderoga
April 23, 2024 | 7:00-8:00pm ET
Join Fort Ticonderoga and the New York State Council for the Social Studies for a webinar introducing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Learn about plans for upcoming events, what resources are available to enrich your exploration of the Revolution with students, and spend some time working with documents related to the Revolution in the Continental Army’s Northern Department.

The webinar is free and open to all educators, but participants must pre-register. This webinar is offered collaboratively by Fort Ticonderoga’s “Ticonderoga Tuesdays” Teacher Webinars and NYSCSS.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OSiE8vAZRlynJEIqGc-J2Q

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Fort Ticonderoga seeks proposals for the Fourteenth Annual Virtual "Material Matters: It`s in the Details" conference on January 25, 2025. Proposals relating broadly to material culture made, used, or altered in a military context are welcome. From soldiers’ encounters with domestic furnishings on campaign to the weapons designed and built for battle, military history and material culture are profoundly connected. Submissions are due July 1, 2024. See the Call for Papers at this link:

https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-material-matters-its-in-the-details-2/

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Register now for the Twenty-Eighth Annual War College of the Seven Years` taking place May 17-19, 2024. Participants can attend in person or online for this premier conference focused on the Seven Years` War in North America and abroad. Register at this link:

https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/twenty-eighth-annual-war-college-of-the-seven-years-war/