Fort Ticonderoga is now in Winter Quarters!
From November through April, visitors will be immersed in exciting living history events, engaging seminars, specialty programs, behind-the-scenes VIP Tours, and hands-on workshops.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Defiance will be open for daily visitation Tuesday-Sunday May 3-Oct. 26, 2025
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: “For the Good of the King’s Service”
May 3, 2025 - May 4, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn this exciting two-day REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ living history event, experience garrison life as it continued before the Revolutionary War reached Fort Ticonderoga! 250 years to the day, discover daily life for British soldiers and their families, as peacetime activities like gardening, shoemaking, tailoring, and boatbuilding continued, unaware of the events of April 19, 1775. […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ 3-Day Reenactment: No Quarter!
May 9, 2025 - May 11, 2025 • Fort Ticonderoga“No Quarter!,” a series of once-in-a-lifetime historic reenactments and events running from May 9-11, will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the pivotal capture of Fort Ticonderoga. At the very locations where events unfolded, a three-day immersive experience will transport visitors back to dawn of the American Revolution and our nation’s first victory. “Visitors will step […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Evening Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
May 10, 2025 • 102 fort ti road ticonderoga**THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SOLD OUT!!** 7:30 p.m. Fort Ticonderoga Opens to Visitors for Evening Vignette 8:00 p.m. The Last Hour of British Ticonderoga (Soldiers’ and Officers’ Barracks) Put, ‘America’s First Victory,’ into perspective as you meet the British soldiers and their families that garrisoned Ticonderoga up to May 10, 1775. Examine the mess room […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Memorial Day Weekend
May 24, 2025 - May 25, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaJoin Fort Ticonderoga on Memorial Day weekend, to remember the service of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who gave their all on the very grounds where so many American soldiers fought and sacrificed. Join the Fifes & Drums of Fort Ticonderoga for a special commemorative ceremony on Sunday. […]
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Annual History Conference for Educators
May 30, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaThis annual daylong conference immerses teachers in primary sources, material culture, and pedagogical techniques to help connect students to history. Presentations are by classroom teachers, museum staff, archivists, and academics. With the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, each session of this conference explores one of five themes: Power of Place Revolutionary Possibilities Shaping Nations, Forging […]
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Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War
May 30, 2025 - June 1, 2025 • HybridFort Ticonderoga presents the Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War over three days, Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1, 2025. Since its beginning in 1996, the War College has become a top venue for historians on subjects related to the Seven Years’ War in North America and beyond, drawing speakers and participants from across […]
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Annual Spring King’s Garden Plant Sale
June 7, 2025 • Kings GardenAs part of National Garden Week June 1-7, and back by popular demand, mark your calendars for the return of the King’s Garden Plant Sale on June 7 from 10am-4pm! Help Fort Ticonderoga with the historic garden’s stewardship and take home your living legacy from the walled King’s Garden. Visitors have the option to purchase […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Christian Di Spigna
June 8, 2025 •The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. According to Christian Di Spigna, author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero, little has been known of one of the most import figures in early American history. Dr. Joseph […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Benedict Arnold’s Command
June 21, 2025 - June 22, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaDiscover Fort Ticonderoga under Benedict Arnold’s brief command and his dynamic leadership in the capture of the fort and its aftermath. Explore how politics, egos, and unclear authority led to an inquiry by the colony of Massachusetts and Benedict Arnold’s decision to resign his commission.
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
June 27, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
July 2, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
July 3, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Independence Day Weekend
July 4, 2025 - July 6, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaCelebrate freedom by exploring the year 1775 and American’s armed fight for rights before the Declaration of Independence. Discover the how Americans learned how to be soldiers at Ticonderoga as armed rebellion expanded into an invasion of Canada. Take the experience onto the water aboard the Carillon tour boat. Dig into centuries of military history […]
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
July 4, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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Ticonderoga’s Treasures of 1775
July 8, 2025 • Thompson Pell Research Center located at 30 Fort Ti RoadThis unique experience highlights original museum artifacts from the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the dramatic events, and captivating personalities of 1775 through the documents and artifacts that were there. Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry Knox and their experience will come to life through this tour of Ticonderoga’s treasures led by […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
July 9, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ramparts or Ruins? A Guided Tour of Fort Ticonderoga’s Fortifications
July 9, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn 1775, Fort Ticonderoga was only 20 years old and was already suffering from war and neglect. Join this after-hour guided tour to see what Fort Ticonderoga was really like as the Revolution began. Learn about the British plans to renovate Ticonderoga, and how its decay led to America’s first victory, while exploring the fortifications […]
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
July 10, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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Cannon and Coffee
July 11, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaExplore Fort Ticonderoga’s world-class collection of 18th-century artillery from a whole new perspective and be the first to enter Fort Ticonderoga with this special early bird program. Join Curator Dr. Matthew Keagle for a special tour across the guns of Ticonderoga and learn the surprising histories of the museum’s artillery collection, spanning the Atlantic Ocean […]
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
July 11, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
July 16, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
July 17, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
July 18, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Michael P. Gabriel
July 20, 2025 •The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. Available for the first time in English, Quebec during the American Invasion, 1775-1776: The Journal of François Baby, Gabriel Taschereau, & Jenkin Williams provides an insight into the failure to incite rebellion in Quebec by American revolutionaries. While other […]
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Ticonderoga’s Treasures of 1775
July 22, 2025 • Thompson Pell Research Center located at 30 Fort Ti RoadThis unique experience highlights original museum artifacts from the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the dramatic events, and captivating personalities of 1775 through the documents and artifacts that were there. Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry Knox and their experience will come to life through this tour of Ticonderoga’s treasures led by […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
July 23, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ramparts or Ruins? A Guided Tour of Fort Ticonderoga’s Fortifications
July 23, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn 1775, Fort Ticonderoga was only 20 years old and was already suffering from war and neglect. Join this after-hour guided tour to see what Fort Ticonderoga was really like as the Revolution began. Learn about the British plans to renovate Ticonderoga, and how its decay led to America’s first victory, while exploring the fortifications […]
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
July 24, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
July 25, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. See what lies beneath with the onboard sonar. Enjoy the flavor […]
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Cannon and Coffee
July 25, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaExplore Fort Ticonderoga’s world-class collection of 18th-century artillery from a whole new perspective and be the first to enter Fort Ticonderoga with this special early bird program. Join Curator Dr. Matthew Keagle for a special tour across the guns of Ticonderoga and learn the surprising histories of the museum’s artillery collection, spanning the Atlantic Ocean […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
July 30, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
July 31, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
August 1, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. See what lies beneath with the onboard sonar. Enjoy the flavor […]
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The Annual King’s Garden Party
August 2, 2025 • Kings GardenA Classic Blue & White Event! Buy Tickets | Donate Bid on the Exclusive Experiences Online Auction starting July 25th! Enjoy curated cocktails, live music, delicious bites, a thrilling auction, friends, flowers, and more! Compete in the spirited best-of attire contest with your nod to the rich vintage BLUES & crisp porcelain WHITES of the […]
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Ticonderoga’s Treasures of 1775
August 5, 2025 • Thompson Pell Research Center located at 30 Fort Ti RoadThis unique experience highlights original museum artifacts from the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the dramatic events, and captivating personalities of 1775 through the documents and artifacts that were there. Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry Knox and their experience will come to life through this tour of Ticonderoga’s treasures led by […]
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Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
August 6, 2025 • Kings GardenStart your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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Ramparts or Ruins? A Guided Tour of Fort Ticonderoga’s Fortifications
August 6, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn 1775, Fort Ticonderoga was only 20 years old and was already suffering from war and neglect. Join this after-hour guided tour to see what Fort Ticonderoga was really like as the Revolution began. Learn about the British plans to renovate Ticonderoga, and how its decay led to America’s first victory, while exploring the fortifications […]
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
August 7, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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Cannon and Coffee
August 8, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaExplore Fort Ticonderoga’s world-class collection of 18th-century artillery from a whole new perspective and be the first to enter Fort Ticonderoga with this special early bird program. Join Curator Dr. Matthew Keagle for a special tour across the guns of Ticonderoga and learn the surprising histories of the museum’s artillery collection, spanning the Atlantic Ocean […]
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
August 8, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. See what lies beneath with the onboard sonar. Enjoy the flavor […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
August 12, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Ticonderoga’s Treasures of 1775
August 12, 2025 • Thompson Pell Research Center located at 30 Fort Ti RoadThis unique experience highlights original museum artifacts from the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the dramatic events, and captivating personalities of 1775 through the documents and artifacts that were there. Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry Knox and their experience will come to life through this tour of Ticonderoga’s treasures led by […]
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Ramparts or Ruins? A Guided Tour of Fort Ticonderoga’s Fortifications
August 13, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn 1775, Fort Ticonderoga was only 20 years old and was already suffering from war and neglect. Join this after-hour guided tour to see what Fort Ticonderoga was really like as the Revolution began. Learn about the British plans to renovate Ticonderoga, and how its decay led to America’s first victory, while exploring the fortifications […]
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
August 14, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
August 15, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. See what lies beneath with the onboard sonar. Enjoy the flavor […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Mark R. Anderson
August 17, 2025 • ZoomThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. In this dramatic retelling of one of history’s great “what-ifs,” Mark R. Anderson examines the American colonies’ campaign to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free the Canadians from British “tyranny.” This significant reassessment of a little-studied campaign examines developments […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
August 19, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Ticonderoga Guns by Night
August 21, 2025 • Log House Welcome CenterThe flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
August 22, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaCap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
August 26, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Signature Reenactment Event: Onward to Canada
August 30, 2025 - August 31, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaWitness the dramatic first muster of the Northern Continental Army as regiments of New Yorkers, Connecticut Yankees, and the Green Mountain Boys assembled for the invasion of Canada. This event will highlight Ticonderoga’s place on Lake Champlain as a supply and naval base through participants rowing to and from Ticonderoga as a fleet of bateaux […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
September 2, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Homeschool Day
September 5, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga will host Homeschool Day on Friday, September 5, 2025, from 9:30am-5:00pm. Homeschool students and their parents will participate in immersive programs, visit museum exhibitions, and explore the historic site, including the King’s Garden, Carillon Battlefield Hiking Trail, and the Heroic Corn Maze. Hands-on programming takes place throughout Fort Ticonderoga and our King’s Garden […]
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Annual Fall King’s Garden Plant Sale
September 6, 2025 • Kings GardenHelp Fort Ticonderoga with the historic garden’s stewardship and take home your living legacy from the walled King’s Garden! Among a variety of options, purchase your own beautiful and historic pre-potted King’s Garden flowers or dig your own selection with the guidance of our experienced garden staff. Favorite divisions and whole plants will be available […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
September 9, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
September 16, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Twenty-First Annual Seminar on the American Revolution
September 19, 2025 - September 21, 2025 • 102 fort ti road ticonderogaThis annual premier conference focused on the military, political, social, and material culture of the American Revolution regularly features scholars from across North America and beyond. Attendees can participate in person or join the conference from home via the Fort Ticonderoga Center for Digital History. Seminar Schedule (subject to change) Friday, September 19, 2025 8:00am-4:00pm […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
September 23, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
September 30, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Heritage, Harvest, and Horse Festival
October 4, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga, surrounded by magnificent autumn backdrops of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains will present the Annual Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival on October 4, 2025. The 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. […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
October 7, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Premium Pavilion Tour
October 14, 2025 • The PavilionDelve into the exquisite details of the newly restored 1826 Pell Pavilion, enjoying the treasured family tales within each room and each amazing object on display. This entertaining 60-minute tour examines the evolution of this National Historic Landmark, from summer home to hotel, its renovation in 1909, and its most recent complete restoration. Explore incredible […]
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Girl Scout Day
October 18, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaScouts will participate in interactive and immersive programs, and explore the historic site, including the King’s Garden, Carillon Battlefield Hiking Trail, and the Heroic Corn Maze! Special guided tours and museum exhibitions will immerse scouts and adults in Fort Ticonderoga’s epic history. The visit will include historic trades’ shops, where they will learn about the […]
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Bon Voyage Cruise on Lake Champlain
October 18, 2025 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaJoin Fort Ticonderoga for its annual Bon Voyage Cruise on Lake Champlain! Savor the fall scenic beauty and enjoy the captivating narration of historic highlights aboard the 60 ft Carillon tour boat. Enjoy the spectacular fall foliage aboard the Carillon on its final cruise as it charts its course south for the winter. Discover the […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Cole Jones
October 19, 2025 • VirtualThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: British Prisoners of War at Ticonderoga
October 25, 2025 - October 26, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaBritish prisoners of war and their families come in from St. Jean & Chambly. Captive at Ticonderoga, these soldiers, women, and children prepare to march onward to prisoner camps further south, and perhaps the hope of being exchanged for American prisoners of war.
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Virtual Author Series featuring Phillip Hamilton
November 2, 2025 •The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. In 1774, Boston bookseller Henry Knox married Lucky Waldo Flucker, the daughter of a prominent Tory family. Although Lucy’s father was the third-ranking colonial official in Massachusetts, the couple joined the American cause after the Battles of Lexington and […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Veterans Day Weekend
November 8, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaSalute veterans service in the defense of the United States, beginning with the first citizen-soldiers of 1775. Discover how the rigors of the first campaign of the Revolutionary War affected young draftees and Seven Years’ War veterans alike. Explore how American soldiers understood the meaning of their service a wartime year, before the Declaration of […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Signature Reenactment Event: Noble Train Begins
December 6, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaThe arrival of Henry Knox, and the proofing and selection of cannon will all be recreated in this day-long event. Special for the 250th Anniversary, this event will reach further in Ticonderoga’s role, recreating the whole first leg of the Noble Train, bringing cannon to Lake George, where they embarked for Boston.
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Virtual Author Series featuring Albert Louis Zambone
January 11, 2026 • VirtualThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. In Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life, the first biography of this iconic figure in forty years, historian Albert Louis Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of […]
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Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
January 24, 2026 • ZoomThe Fifteenth Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” conference takes place virtually on January 24, 2026. 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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Virtual Author Series featuring Robert F. Smith
February 8, 2026 •The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. In Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution, author Robert F. Smith relates that the colonies were able to provide their military with the arms it needed to fight, survive, and outlast the enemy—supplying weapons for the victory at […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Proceed to Canada
March 28, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaIn this one-day living history event experience Ticonderoga as a supply hub for the Northern Department of the Continental Army, keeping soldiers alive in Canada. Watch as we recreate trains of supply sleds and columns of Continental reinforcements, headed for Canada. Through vignettes, weapons demonstrations, and historic trades demonstrations, discover the challenges of keeping the […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Emissaries to Canada
April 11, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaJoin Fort Ticonderoga for this one-day living history event to examine the tenuous American in Canada in April 1776. Meet the special committee from the Continental Congress, including Benjamin Franklin and Charles Carrol, that passed through Ticonderoga as they assess the situation in Canada. Learn more about their diplomatic work to allay fears among French […]
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Living History Event: Scots Day
June 13, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaDiscover the heroic stories of Scottish soldiers in the British Army serving at Ticonderoga and North America though the campaigns of the 18th century. Thrill at musket demonstrations that highlight the equipment, clothing, and tactics of the red-coated Scottish soldier, during the defining military campaigns that shaped North America. Merchants selling kilts, crafts, and other […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Signature Reenactment Event: Return of an Army
July 3, 2026 - July 5, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaThis event will portray the retreat of the Northern Continental Army to Ticonderoga as the Declaration of Independence was signed to Philadelphia. The maritime arrival and encampment of the Continental Army will show the nadir of this army, from which their labor would lead to a key victory in 1776.
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Signature Reenactment Event: “Today We Are a Nation Among the People of the World”
July 28, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaThe first reading of the Declaration of Independence to the troops of Ticonderoga will be presented, set within a backdrop of the ongoing preparations on land and on water for the British invasion.
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Homeschool Day
September 4, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaSpend a day at Fort Ticonderoga and take part in a series of programs designed for homeschool families! While interacting with soldiers, students are immersed in life at the 18th-century fort. Step aboard our Carillon tour boat for a 75-minute narrated boat tour on Lake Champlain to gain an in-depth waterway experience. Row a reproduction […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Signature Reenactment Event: Fleet & Fortification: The Science of Defense
September 5, 2026 - September 6, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaConstruction of an armed vessel for Lake Champlain and all the maritime trades work to fit out such a boat will be paired with the art of fortification as executed across the Ticonderoga camp. This event will drill into the centuries of military science that informed American ingenuity and effort, in the service of liberty.
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Heritage, Harvest, and Horse Festival
October 3, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga, surrounded by magnificent autumn backdrops of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains will present the Annual Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival on October 3, 2026. The 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. […]
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Girl Scout Day
October 17, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaScouts will participate in interactive and immersive programs, and explore the historic site, including the King’s Garden, Carillon Battlefield Hiking Trail, and the Heroic Corn Maze! Special guided tours and museum exhibitions will immerse scouts and adults in Fort Ticonderoga’s epic history. The visit will include historic trades’ shops, where they will learn about the […]
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Bon Voyage Cruise on Lake Champlain
October 17, 2026 • Carillon Boat Dock located at Fort TiconderogaJoin Fort Ticonderoga for its annual Bon Voyage Cruise on Lake Champlain! Savor the fall scenic beauty and enjoy the captivating narration of historic highlights aboard the 60 ft Carillon tour boat. Enjoy the spectacular fall foliage aboard the Carillon on its final cruise as it charts its course south for the winter. Discover the […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Battle Reenactment: Hold the Line for Liberty
October 24, 2026 - October 25, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaThis reenactment will dramatically recreate one of the greatest Continental Army victories of 1776 that occurred at the same time as one of its greatest defeats. The moment soldiers and militiamen at Ticonderoga held the line for liberty—and perhaps secured independence—will come to life.
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Battle Reenactment: Riot!
December 19, 2026 • Fort TiconderogaRegional tensions within the Continental Army explode in this event, as Pennsylvanians turn on their fellow New England soldiers. The riot between, ‘Yankees,’ and, ‘Buckskins,’ will be dramatically recreated, revealing the humanity of soldiers willing to stand up for liberty.
