FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FORT TICONDEROGA SEMINAR ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: SEPTEMBER 21-23, 2018
Fort Ticonderoga presents the Fifteenth Annual Seminar on the American Revolution September 21-23, 2018. This weekend seminar focuses on the military, political, and social history of the American War for Independence. The Seminar takes place in the Mars Education Center and is open to the public; pre-registration is required. Did you know that Paul Revere […]
Fort Ticonderoga’s Heroic Corn Maze Adventure Opens August 11!
What activity combines solving puzzles and testing your knowledge of history with fresh air, sunshine, and over two miles of winding trails? Fort Ticonderoga’s Heroic Maze: A Corm Maze Adventure! Beginning August 11, bring the family along to test your navigational skills among towering stalks of corn in Fort Ticonderoga’s six-acre corn maze located near […]
Fort Ticonderoga Author Series Features Book on Naval History of Lake Champlain
Fort Ticonderoga’s 2018 Author Series begins on Sunday, June 24 with additional programs scheduled for August 5, and September 9. The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features authors of recent books related the history of Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding region. This year’s topics include the naval history of Lake Champlain, General Israel Putnam, and the […]
“The Great Wars” focus of Annual History Conference for Educators at Fort Ticonderoga this May
“The Great Wars: The French & Indian War and the First World War” will be the focus of the Tenth Annual History Conference for Educators to be held on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Fort Ticonderoga. Sessions focused on the French & Indian War (known as the Seven Years’ War in Europe) and World War […]
Fort Ticonderoga Announces 2018 Annual War College on the Seven Years’ War
Registration is now open for Fort Ticonderoga’s Twenty-Third Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War May 18-20, 2018. With a panel of distinguished historians from across the United States, this seminar focuses on the Seven Years’ War in North America, also known as the French & Indian War. The War College takes place in […]
Fort Ticonderoga Generates More than $12 Million Economic Impact for Ticonderoga Region
Fort Ticonderoga, a not-for-profit educational organization and major cultural destination, announced today that it generates a total of $12.1 million annually in economic impact. The total includes visitor spending from tourists; spending by the Fort Ticonderoga Association in its daily operations; the indirect and induced impacts created by labor income as it flows into the […]
Fort Ticonderoga Receives Grant from International Paper for Shoreline Buffer Garden
The Ticonderoga International Paper Foundation has recently awarded Fort Ticonderoga a grant supporting a shoreline buffer garden designed to educate visitors on how native plants prevent erosion, provide a buffer on the Lake Champlain shore, and promote pollination. Specifically, the $1500 grant will be used to purchase the plants, compost, and mulch for the shoreline […]