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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!
APRIL 7: Living History Event: 1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga
In this one-day living history event, Fort Ticonderoga will portray 1774 with peacetime garrison life in British North America on the eve of the Revolutionary War. Examine the daily life of British soldiers and their families tending to activities like cooking, shoemaking, and carpentry. Discover family life for the British garrison in 1774 and the roles and the many challenges for women and children.
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April
24
Fort Fever Series featuring Cameron Green
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga Director of Interpretation, Cameron Green, and explore the community that developed around Ticonderoga before the American Revolution. Discover what we know about these early settlers and how the American War for Independence effected their livelihood. Your participation in this […]
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May
4–5
Living History Event: “For the Good of the King’s Service”
In this exciting two-day living history event, experience peacetime garrison life in British North America on the eve of the Revolutionary War as Fort Ticonderoga begins REAL TIME REVOLUTION™! 250 years to the day, discover daily life for British soldiers and their families in 1774, with peacetime activities like gardening, shoemaking, tailoring, and boatbuilding. This […]
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May
17
Annual History Conference for Educators
This 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 approach of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, each session of this conference explores one of five themes: Power of Place Revolutionary Possibilities […]
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May
17–19
Twenty-Eighth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War
Fort Ticonderoga presents the Twenty-Eighth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War over three days, Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, 2024. Since its beginning in 1996, this premier seminar focuses on subjects related to the Seven Years’ War in North America and beyond, drawing speakers and participants from across North America and Europe. Attendees can […]
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May
25–26
Memorial Day Weekend Commemoration
Join Fort Ticonderoga to pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service to their country during the American Revolution. Fort Ticonderoga will pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service to their country during the American Revolution. Discover the story of the American Army in […]
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June
8
Annual Spring King’s Garden Plant Sale
As part of National Garden Week June 2-8, and back by popular demand, mark your calendars for the return of the King’s Garden Plant Sale on June 8 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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June
9
Virtual Author Series featuring Theodore Corbett
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. Another revolution existed in the late 18th-century world, not the familiar movement for independence of the United States or even the French Revolution, but rather the effort for freedom from slavery, opposed by most in the thirteen British colonies […]
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June
15
Living History Event: Scots Day
This family-favorite cultural event explores Scottish clan tents to learn more about their rich ancestry and culture. Merchants selling kilts, crafts, and other gifts will join Scottish organizations from across the East Coast to greet visitors with information on all aspects of their rich heritage. Inside Fort Ticonderoga, discover the heroic stories of Scottish soldiers […]
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July
4–7
Independence Day Weekend 1777
Celebrate freedom by exploring the year 1777 when America was consumed in the labor of liberty. Participate in the fight for freedom when the Northern Department of the Continental Army fought to keep the great fortress of Ticonderoga from falling into British control. Take the experience onto the water aboard the recreated 1920s tour boat […]
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July
20–21
Battle Reenactment: 1759 Siege of Carillon
In this exciting two-day battle reenactment, discover the last days of Fort Carillon (later named Ticonderoga), as 400 French soldiers faced an 11,000-man British Army! With different battle scenarios and living history vignettes each day, explore the science of siege craft, and the power of artillery–on land and water–as General Jeffrey Amherst sought to take […]
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July
27–28
Living History Event: The Sound of 1776 Two-Day Event!
Hear the rousing sounds of the Fifes & Drums, which hoisted the spirits of an American Army in 1776! Through musical concerts, living history vignettes and weapon demonstrations discover the story of the Northern Continental Army, which rebuilt itself at Ticonderoga beginning in July 1776. See rebellion transform into a war for independence as the […]
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July
28
Virtual Author Series featuring Steven Park
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773—a period historians refer to as “the lull”—a group of prominent Rhode Islanders rowed out to His Majesty’s schooner Gaspee,which had run aground six miles south of Providence […]
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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 Fever Series program is on Wednesday, April 24th at 7pm ET, and features Cameron Green, Fort Ticonderoga`s Director of Interpretation, on "Ticonderoga`s Neighborhood in 1774." Free for members. Register here:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/fort-fever-series-featuring-cameron-green/
Apr 16
Happy #ManuscriptMonday! This week marks the 249th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first major military action of the Revolutionary War. While the battles took place more than 200 miles away and in a different colony from Fort Ticonderoga, the locations are connected by the life stories of the soldiers who served in both places. One such soldier was Captain Edmund Munro (also spelled Munroe), the author of today’s document, MS.1965. Munro was born and raised in Lexington, MA and was part of Captain John Parker’s company of Lexington militia. He was present with the company on Lexington’s town common on the morning of April 19, 1775 as the militia confronted British troops on their way to confiscate military stores at Concord. During the skirmish, he watched men from the company, including his own relatives, fall to British fire. In July 1776, Munro marched to Fort Ticonderoga as a lieutenant and quartermaster in Colonel Jonathan Reed’s 6th Regiment of Middlesex Militia. This was likely not his first visit to Ticonderoga; several decades earlier, he had served with Massachusetts’ provincial forces in the French and Indian War and spent time stationed at Fort Crown Point. In MS.1965, a letter to his wife Rebekah dated October 20, 1776, Munro describes life at Ticonderoga: “We have had no attack from the Enemy, but are hourly Expecting them… we Indeavor to be in the Best Preparations.” Despite the suspense of a possible attack, which might have brought back memories of his encounter with the British in Lexington, Munro claimed to be doing well: “I am in good health & high spirits”. He would not face the British again that season. They had advanced as far as Crown Point, but had chosen to retreat after seeing the quality of Ticonderoga’s defenses. Munro returned home to Lexington and to Rebekah that winter, but his military journey continued, eventually leading him to Monmouth, NJ, where a British cannonball cut his brave and well-traveled life short.
This document can be found on our online database in the link below. #TiconderogaCollections #OpeningTheVault #AmericanRevolution https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/29990
Apr 15
The Coming Revolution: Exploring the American Revolution with Fort Ticonderoga
April 23, 2024 | 7:00-8:00pm ET
Join Fort Ticonderoga and the New York State Council for the Social Studies for a webinar introducing the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Learn about plans for upcoming events, what resources are available to enrich your exploration of the Revolution with students, and spend some time working with documents related to the Revolution in the Continental Army’s Northern Department.
The webinar is free and open to all educators, but participants must pre-register. This webinar is offered collaboratively by Fort Ticonderoga’s “Ticonderoga Tuesdays” Teacher Webinars and NYSCSS.
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OSiE8vAZRlynJEIqGc-J2Q
Apr 14
Fort Ticonderoga seeks proposals for the Fourteenth Annual Virtual "Material Matters: It`s in the Details" conference on January 25, 2025. Proposals relating broadly to material culture made, used, or altered in a military context are welcome. From soldiers’ encounters with domestic furnishings on campaign to the weapons designed and built for battle, military history and material culture are profoundly connected. Submissions are due July 1, 2024. See the Call for Papers at this link:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-material-matters-its-in-the-details-2/
Apr 14
Register now for the Twenty-Eighth Annual War College of the Seven Years` taking place May 17-19, 2024. Participants can attend in person or online for this premier conference focused on the Seven Years` War in North America and abroad. Register at this link:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/twenty-eighth-annual-war-college-of-the-seven-years-war/
Apr 13
The next Fort Ticonderoga Author Series program on Sunday, April 14th at 2pm ET, features Jim Piecuch, author of "South Carolina Provincials: Loyalists in British Service during the American Revolution." Free for members. REGISTER BY 5PM ET TODAY! Register here:
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/virtual-author-series-featuring-jim-piecuch/
Apr 12
The Revolution is beginning!
This year Fort Ticonderoga unveils he first in a new series of exhibits: "A Revolutionary Anthology." For the next five years, from 2024 to 2028, hundreds of artifacts from Fort Ticonderoga`s incredible collections will rotate through our gallery to tell the fascinating, complex, and deeply significant story of the American War for Independence.
The first of these installations, "A Revolutionary Anthology: Power of Place" opens in May. This exhibition focuses on the places where the Revolution unfolded. From the familiar to the less well known "Power of Place" presents the artifacts that actually participated in the revolution to show the incredible geographic range and impact of this global conflict.
Stay tuned for more updates, and plan to join us in 2024 to visit "A Revolutionary Anthology: Power of Place!"
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