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Fort Ticonderoga’s 2020 Campaign Season and Daily Visitation have been postponed. NY Gov. Cuomo has announced “NY Forward,” a staged reopen plan in response to COVID-19. Although the situation may change, Fort Ticonderoga anticipates that our gates will once again open to visitors when the North Country enters Phase 4 of the “NY Forward” plan in early July. Our priority is the safety and health of our employees, community, and visitors. Stay tuned for developments.
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Every day is a special event at Fort Ticonderoga. Join us for exciting programs daily including tours, musket demonstrations, gallery talks, garden programs, family tours, and more!
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Join us for exciting programs daily including tours, musket demonstrations, gallery talks, garden programs, family tours, and more!
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May 2020
Virtual A Soldier’s Life Program: Equipment & Food
How did the soldiers of this new nation eat, sleep, and survive during the Revolutionary War? Each Continental soldier carried a range of military equipment and personal items that allowed them to function as part of an army and survive harsh conditions on campaign. In this 45-minute live online program, explore the daily life of a Continental Army soldier through the equipment, personal items, and the food they carried defending the United States.
Virtual Presentation: A Layered Landscape: The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeology at Fort Ticonderoga
Dig up the history of archaeology at Fort Ticonderoga with Registrar and Site Archaeologist Margaret Staudter. Tune into Facebook at 1:00 p.m. to learn about past archaeological projects and new initiatives on one of America’s most important military landscapes!
Soap Making: Ash, Fat, & Lye: Soap-making in the British Army
Join a soldier’s wife making 18th-century soft soap for the laundering of shirts and shifts. See how families of the 26th Regiment made soft soap while garrisoning Fort Ticonderoga in 1774.
Virtual A Soldier’s Life Program: Clothing
From the frigid Canadian winter to the scorching heat of an American summer, Revolutionary Soldier’s clothing needed to prepare them for different climates and conditions. In this 45-minute live online program, learn about the clothing of the Continental Army, from the shirt against their skin to overcoats against the cold. Discover how the garments worn by Continental Army soldier reflected military traditions, customs of dress, and helped protect them against the elements and unseen enemies, like disease.
Virtual King’s Garden: Recreating a Timeless Design
Join Cameron Green, Fort Ticonderoga Director of Interpretation, at 11:00 am on Facebook Live to explore Marian Cruger Coffin’s 1920 garden plan for Fort Ticonderoga's majestic walled garden. See the many challenges Fort Ticonderoga’s garden staff overcome annually to implement this historic garden.
Virtual Program: Drinks & Drama
Go beyond the battles to get the untold, adults-only story of life at Ticonderoga. Between the battles and wars, the men and women stationed at Ticonderoga between 1755-1781 endured scandals, hijinks, and above all…DRAMA! From unsolved crimes to stolen wives, join Fort Ticonderoga Curator Matthew Keagle and Director of Collections Miranda Peters for a fun, virtual cocktail hour of this salacious history. 18th-century cocktail and drink suggestions will be sent prior to the event for everyone who signs up!
Virtual Tips from the Tailoring Trade: British Lapels
Join Fort Ticonderoga Artificer Tailor, Gibb Zea, at 1:00 pm on Facebook for his tricks to efficiently cut and layout regimental lace on Revolutionary War British coat lapels. Explore how proportion supersedes precision in creating a period appearance.
September 2020
Seventeenth Annual Seminar on the American Revolution
Fort Ticonderoga hosts the Seventeenth Annual Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution September 25-27, 2020, in the Mars Education Center. This seminar focuses on the military, political, and social history of the American War for Independence. Over 120 participants—people with a deep interest in the American Revolution—join us each year for this weekend seminar. Leading authorities and new scholars on the period share their latest research in a series of presentations. The seminar provides participants with an opportunity to…
October 2020
Heritage, Harvest, and Horse Festival
This full day of autumn fun will be set in the midst of the King’s Garden heirloom apple trees and the beautiful landscape of the mountains and Lake Champlain. Discover the historical importance of horses and other working animals during exciting demonstrations, meet friendly farm animals, stroll through Fort Ticonderoga’s farmers’ market featuring local food, beverages, and crafts, participate in family fun activities and tackle the six-acre Heroic Corn Maze. This fall favorite event, combined with daily Fort Ticonderoga programs…
Historically Situated: History, Memory, and Place
October 16-18, 2020 Fort Ticonderoga celebrates 200 years of preservation on the Ticonderoga peninsula with “Historically Situated: History, Memory, and Place,” a special conference focused on the historic preservation in North America, including historical perspective and contemporary issues. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Fort Ticonderoga: Ruin, Reconstruction, and the Making of a Historical Landscape—While Fort Ticonderoga’s role as a military outpost spanned only a few decades, most of its existence has been, first, as a venerated ruin into the early twentieth century, then as…