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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!
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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December
16
Living History Event: The Noble Train Begins
Join Fort Ticonderoga for a one-day living history event and 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 […]
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January
13
Living History Event: 1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga
See Fort Ticonderoga on the eve of the American Revolution as British soldiers and their families live in this peacetime fort on the frontier. Discover what it was like to be a British soldier, soldier’s wife, or child here. Discover how soldiers and their families made a comfortable life here at this historic military post.
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January
14
Virtual Author Series featuring David Price
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. The Battle of Harlem Heights is a largely unappreciated milestone in American military history. It was an encounter on upper Manhattan Island on September 16, 1776, that marked the first successful battlefield outcome achieved by George Washington’s troops in […]
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January
20
Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
The Thirteenth Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” conference takes place online on January 20, 2024. We invite you to join us online for this conference on material culture spanning 1609-1815. This conference is only available online through Fort Ticonderoga’s Center for Digital History, streaming through Zoom Webinars. A laptop, tablet, or smartphone is […]
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January
24
Fort Fever Series featuring Stuart Lilie
The Fort Fever Series are a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Stuart Lilie, Vice President of Public History, to explore the world and demise of horse, the true cavalry in the 18th-century British Army. Discover this unique shift in British mounted soldiers, its reverberations in military fashion, arms, and the lexicon of cavalry across the Atlantic […]
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January
27–28
Winter Workshop Series: British Trousers & American Overalls
In this two-day workshop, build a pair of fitted linen trousers used by the British Army and its German Auxiliaries, as well as many Continental Army units from 1777 onward. Stout linen sheeting, sheeting, and tent linen are available for various British Army portrayals. Striped linen ticking is available for Brunswick soldiers serving in 1777. […]
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February
10–11
Winter Workshop Series: 1770s Straight-bodied Coats
In this two-day workshop, examine details from surviving 1770s civilian coats, cutting, and begin assembly of your own. Practical wool coats that buttoned all the way down to the waist remained popular even as fashionable coats increasingly cut away along the front. Build one of these lined wool coats that were a mainstay of dress […]
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February
11
Virtual Author Series featuring Andrew Wehrman
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution is a timely and fascinating account of the raucous public demand for smallpox inoculation during the American Revolution and the origin of vaccination in the United States. […]
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February
17
Living History Event: 1776 Winter at Ticonderoga
Soldiers at Ticonderoga in February 1776 struggled to maintain their vital link in the supply chain that kept an American Army alive at the gates of Quebec City. In this one-day living history event, see how soldiers and teamsters kept sleds running over the ice of Lake Champlain to feed and clothe the Continental Army […]
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February
28
Fort Fever Series featuring Dr. Matthew Keagle
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Dr. Matthew Keagle, Fort Ticonderoga Curator, to preview the 2024 special exhibition highlighting “The Power of Place.” The American Revolution and the War of Independence played out across a vast geography. The Revolution made an impact in all corners of the […]
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March
2
North Country History Day
Fort Ticonderoga coordinates North Country History Day, serving students in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, and Warren counties in New York State. The 2024 North Country History Day Regional Contest will take place Saturday, March 2 in the Mars Education Center at Fort Ticonderoga. Registration will open in early January 2024 with a registration […]
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March
9
Battle Reenactment: 1759 Battle on Snowshoes
Experience the third Battle on Snowshoes as Major Robert Rogers’ and his Rangers go on “A Grand Scout” before the 1759 campaign season! During this epic reenactment, visit the French garrison of Fort Carillon (later named Ticonderoga) in the middle of the winter and tour pickets of British rangers, veterans of raids, ambushes, and scouts […]
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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.
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The next Fort Ticonderoga Author Series program on Sunday, January 14th at 2pm ET, features David Price, author of "The Battle of Harlem Heights 1776." Free for members; $10 for the general public. Register here:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-author-series-featuring-david-price/
Dec 10
#OnThisDay 1775 Henry Knox Departs Ticonderoga!
In the afternoon on December 9, 1775 Henry Knox loaded 3 vessels on Lake George and embarked up the lake towards Lake George. Knox described embarking on the bateau, the least loaded of the three in his journal.
"I jump`d into the Boat & orderd my man to bring my baggage & we would go with them -- accordingly we sat out it being eleven oClock with a light breeze ahead the men row`d briskly but We had not been out above an hour when the wind sprung up very fresh & directly against us -- the men after rowing exceedingly hard for above
four hours seem`d desirous of going ashore, to make a fire to warm themselves, I readily [consented] knowing them to be exceedingly weary -- they made an Excessive fire having on perhaps one or two Cords of wood at at a time there being very large
quantities of dry wood ready cut -- we warm`d ourselves sufficiently & took a Comfortable nap -- laying with our feet to the fire -- about half an hour before day break that is about a quarter After six we sat out and in six hours & a quarter of excessive hard pulling against a fresh head breeze we reach`d Fort George..."
#RevolutionaryWar #HenryKnox #OTD
Dec 9
Register now 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. Registration is now open at this link:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-material-matters-its-in-the-details/
Dec 9
Today`s Army-Navy Football game has an interesting Ticonderoga connection.
Whether Army or Navy, the winner will be awarded the Thompson Cup. The cup`s namesake and donor was none other than Colonel Robert Means Thompson. Thompson was a Naval Academy graduate (class of 1868), but made his fortune in mining and business. A lifelong supporter of athletics and the US Naval Academy Thompson`s imprint is all over Annapolis. Navy Football used to be played a Thompson Field, the Thompson Trophy Cup is awarded for athletics at the academy, he donated the monumental doors of the Naval Academy`s chapel, and of course the prize for the annual Army-Navy football game.
Thompson was also the Father of Sarah Gibbs Thompson Pell, the wife of Stephen Pell, the co-founders of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum. Among his many other achievements Thompson underwrote the original reconstruction of Fort Ticonderoga. Robert Means Thompson died here at Ticonderoga visiting his daughter and son-in-law in 1930, and museum holds correspondence, photographs, and portraits remembering his life and accomplishments.
https://fortticonderoga.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/E452CB38-14D2-4CDE-A083-483792345718
#ARMYNAVYGAME
#annapolis
#usna
#fortticonderoga
Dec 9
Join Fort Ticonderoga next Saturday, December 16th, as we bring to life one of America’s best-known stories of the Revolution, Henry Knox’s Noble Train!
Highlighted programming throughout the day will immerse visitors in the daily life of December 1775 at Ticonderoga. Join in with soldiers who work as carpenters to build new bunks. See horsepower, ox-power, and manpower in action as they move, test, and load cannon. Discover how testing the cannon was vital for weapons destined for the siege of Boston. Learn about the science of gunnery, preserved in Fort Ticonderoga’s massive cannon collection and archives. Explore the simple luxuries enjoyed by American Continental Officers and learn more about what they ate, where they slept, and other details of daily life.
This event is FREE for Fort Ticonderoga Members & Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass holders. General admission tickets can be purchased online in advance or the day of at the Admissions Booth.
#LifeLongLearning #LivingHistory #WinterQuarters
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/living-history-event-the-noble-train-of-artillery/
Dec 7
