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Fort Ticonderoga is now in Winter Quarters! From November through April, Fort Ticonderoga is open for special living history events, engaging seminars, specialty programs, behind-the-scenes VIP Tours, and hands-on workshops. Stay up-to-date with on-site events and virtual programs by visiting the event calendar.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Defiance will be open for visitation Tuesday-Sunday May 4-October 27, 2024!
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DECEMBER 16: Living History Event The Noble Train Begins
Relive Henry Knox’s epic feat as he prepared to move massive cannon from Ticonderoga to Boston to force the British evacuation in 1776. Watch as soldiers work as carpenters to maintain Ticonderoga. Witness the raw power of oxen as these thousand pound animals pull sleds of cannon tubes. Examine the science of gunnery, preserved in Fort Ticonderoga’s massive cannon collection. Tour through Fort Ticonderoga and learn more about our museum exhibits and daily demonstrations as you step into the first year of the Revolutionary War. Visit historic trades shops to discover daily routines for men and women at this strategic fortification in 1775.
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About Fort Ticonderoga
Welcoming visitors since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga is a major cultural destination, museum, historic site, and center for learning. As a multi-day destination and the premier place to learn more about North America’s military heritage, Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 75,000 visitors each year with an economic impact of more than $12 million annually. Presenting vibrant programs, historic interpretation, boat cruises, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits, Fort Ticonderoga and is open for daily visitation May through October and special programs during Winter Quarters, November through April. Fort Ticonderoga is owned by The Fort Ticonderoga Association, a 501c3 non-profit educational organization, and is supported in part through generous donations and with some general operating support made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts.Instagram @FORT_TICONDEROGA
Hot off the presses! The 2023 issue of The Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum is now available, both at the Museum Store, and in our online shop. This issue features articles about Native Alliances during the series of French & Indian Wars, the origins of the Duncan Campbell Ghost Story, and a transcription of the 1777 Wayne Orderly Book. Order yours today!
https://shop.fortticonderoga.org/collections/ticonderoga-press/products/the-2023-bulletin-of-the-fort-ticonderoga-museum
Dec 1
Fort Ticonderoga has been awarded a $147,151 Preservation Planning Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP), National Park Service for the survey of the American encampment on Liberty Hill.
The “Uncovering Liberty Hill” project will develop a comprehensive historical analysis of Liberty Hill and explore the extent and level of preservation of the American encampment. Fort Ticonderoga will partner with the Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA) as part of the museum’s commitment to creating educational opportunities in conjunction with the archaeology program.
READ MORE by visiting the link in our bio: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/news/fort-ticonderoga-awarded-grant-from-american-battlefield-protection-program-national-park-service-2/
Nov 30
THANK YOU for your #GivingTuesday support of Fort Ticonderoga’s mission of education and preservation. The march continues this week toward our goal of $20,000 for the conservation of the portrait of Frances (Fanny) Montresor-Buchanan-Allen-Penniman c.1771. Fort Ticonderoga brings history to life, telling the stories of the infamous and the unsung lives of those who shaped North America in the Revolutionary era.
Every donation - no matter the amount - will make a difference! https://www.fortticonderoga.org/join-and-support/donate/
Learn more about Fanny’s story of survival, prosperity, and of the fragile portrait that will help define her legacy, by clicking the link in our bio: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/news/a-fragile-portrait-a-story-of-strength/
#REALTIMEREVOLUTION #GivingTuesday #TiconderogaCollections
Nov 29
Fort Ticonderoga will present an exciting one-day living history event on December 16, 2023 which will bring to life Henry Knox’s epic feat as he prepared to move massive cannon from Ticonderoga to Boston to force the British evacuation of 1776. Stand inside Fort Ticonderoga on the very spot where Henry Knox began his Noble Train of Artillery.
Highlighted programming throughout the day will immerse visitors in the daily life of December 1775 at Ticonderoga.
READ MORE by clicking the link in our bio: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/news/fort-ticonderoga-brings-to-life-one-of-americas-best-known-stories-of-the-revolution/
Nov 29
Not all history is in the archives.
Fort Ticonderoga`s curator is currently in London conducting research and meeting with colleagues, but came across an unexpected place with a special connection to Ticonderoga`s history.
It was here at the Church of St Mary-le-Bow that William Delaplace married Sarah Cooper in 1752. As a Captain in the 26th Regiment of Foot, William was famously captured at Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775... and so was Sarah. Having brought his family to America, William and Sarah, and their children, were only the most notable of the many families captured as part of America`s first victory.
After being exchanged they returned to England sometime in 1777, eventually moving north to Leeds, no doubt carrying with them complicated memories of America. Sarah lived to the age of 78, dying 1801. William outlived her another seven years.
Nov 29
Happy #TradesTuesday!
Artificer Interpreter, Jul LeCours, is making a bell tent! This bell tent will help our staff store our arms during our living history, and reenactment events. Bell tents were used by all armies, though they varied in their details. Here in the detail of the painting “Camp of the Royal Roussillon Regiment” (housed in the Fort Ticonderoga Collections), you can see how these bell tents were used. Stay tuned as we complete this project!
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Follow the link in bio to view the full painting in our collection database.
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https://fortticonderoga.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/C2207257-FE3E-48D5-9ED5-259413802803
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Nov 28
Thank you for all of the donations so far today for #GivingTuesday! Our goal of $20,000 is for the conservation of this oil on canvas, full-length portrait of Frances (Fanny) Montresor-Buchanan-Allen-Penniman c.1771.
Fanny’s portrait will be featured in Fort Ticonderoga’s upcoming 250th Anniversary exhibition "A REVOLUTIONARY ANTHOLOGY" opening in the spring of 2024.
This portrait, and Fanny`s story, will bring a voice to the tumultuous experiences of women during the Revolutionary era.
NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL! https://www.fortticonderoga.org/join-and-support/donate/
Learn more about Fanny and this exhibit: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/news/a-fragile-portrait-a-story-of-strength/
Nov 28
Today we celebrate #GivingTuesday, an opportunity to say THANK YOU to our supporters, online followers, and Fort Ticonderoga`s thousands of visitors, for helping us fulfill our mission of education and preservation.
Please join us in supporting Fanny’s goal of $20,000 for the conservation of this oil on canvas, full-length portrait of Frances (Fanny) Montresor-Buchanan-Allen-Penniman c.1771.
This portrait and Fanny`s story will be featured in Fort Ticonderoga’s upcoming 250th Anniversary exhibition entitled, A REVOLUTIONARY ANTHOLOGY, opening in the spring of 2024. Thsi exhibit will bring a voice to the tumultuous experiences of women during the Revolutionary era.
DONATE NOW! Www.fortticonderoga.org/join-and-support/donate/
Learn more about Fanny and this exhibit by clicking the link in our bio: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/news/a-fragile-portrait-a-story-of-strength/
Nov 28
Early Bird Registration ends November 30th for the virtual conference "Material Matters: It`s in the Details" taking place Saturday, January 20th. This online conference explores material culture from the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, and includes presenters from the U.S. and Europe. Register now at this link:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-material-matters-its-in-the-details/
Nov 27
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Several documents in Fort Ticonderoga’s collections are accompanied by hand-drawn images. They may have been added by their authors to better convey ideas, record impressions and experiences, or just for amusement. Today’s manuscript, MS.7204, demonstrates the ways that drawings enrich texts and provide important documentary evidence. MS.7204 is the first volume in the journal of James Murray Hadden, a lieutenant in the British Army’s 2nd Battalion of Royal Artillery during the Revolutionary War. This volume, dated between March 4, 1776 and July 29, 1777, describes Hadden’s journeys through Quebec, his involvement in the Battle of Valcour Island, and his experience as part of General John Burgoyne’s army in the 1777 Saratoga Campaign. The journal includes several small drawings, such as the sketch of a boat seen here. The accompanying text, from an entry written on June 18, 1777 as Burgoyne’s army sailed up Lake Champlain, describes how sailors protected themselves from the elements at night: “The Men put up two lashed Oars at each end and by means of a Fifth communicating with these spread the Sail over them, which proved a sufficient defense against most Rains.” Hadden’s sketch allows the less spatially-inclined to picture how this covering worked and gives an idea of what his transport vessel looked like. Other drawings in the journal were much more elaborate, like this painstakingly labeled map of Ticonderoga and its works. Hadden may have had military maps at hand when drawing his own map, but he also had his own firsthand experience of the terrain as part of the army that captured the fort. Some of the markings on the map mark the locations of British units during their occupation of the fort. The map is also marked by Hadden’s experience in another way: while most maps of Ticonderoga are oriented conventionally with north at the top, Hadden, who approached Ticonderoga from the north, puts south near the top of his map.
These documents can be found on our online database in the links in bio. https://fortticonderoga.pastperfectonline.com/archive/893B624C-3AF6-413D-8D62-607634743176
Nov 27