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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Virtual Author Series featuring Serena Zabin
January 12, 2025 • ZoomThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. The story of the Boston Massacre—when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death—is familiar to generations. But the history of the event has always obscured a fascinating truth: that the Massacre […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event “Necessary for the Rigour of the Climate”
January 18, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaExperience Fort Ticonderoga during its last winter with a British garrison. See how soldiers worked to repair this aging French & Indian fort; even as cold weather set in. From firewood to fur caps, examine British military preparations for winter serving in the colony of Canada.
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Fort Fever Series featuring Miranda Peters & Kate Tardiff
January 22, 2025 • ZoomThe Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Vice President of Collections Miranda Peters and Project Archivist Kate Tardiff for an exclusive inside look at the exciting work happening to document, preserve, and share the museum’s remarkable collections. Participants will enjoy the first opportunity to see staff […]
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Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
January 25, 2025 • ZoomThe Fourteenth Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” conference takes place virtually on January 25, 2025. 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. A laptop, tablet, or smartphone is required […]
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Winter Workshop Series: 1775 New York Cartridge Box
February 1, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn this one-day workshop, build your own New York cartridge box, based on an example carried by a New York soldier who served in the 1775 campaign. Explore subtle regional differences in American cartridge boxes early in the Revolutionary War and learn basic techniques needed to complete your own cartridge boxes in time for exciting […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring J. L. Bell
February 9, 2025 • VirtualThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. The British march to Concord in April 1775 set off the Revolutionary War, but what exactly were the redcoats looking for? Looking at General Thomas Gage’s papers reveals that his main goal was to destroy four brass cannon that […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga
February 15, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaHow did soldiers and their families make a comfortable life here at this historic military post? See Fort Ticonderoga on the eve of the American Revolution as British soldiers and their families live in this peacetime fort on the frontier.
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Fort Fever Series featuring Stuart Lilie
February 26, 2025 •The Fort Fever Series are a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Vice President of Public History, Stuart Lilie, to examine the broader expedition to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775, as we prepare for the upcoming 250th Anniversary REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ reenactment of this first victory of the Revolutionary War. Discover […]
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Winter Workshop Series: Civilian Trousers
March 1, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaIn this one-day workshop, begin your own pair of civilian trousers as you learn essential sewing techniques for crafting your own 250th portrayals. Simple straight-legged trousers were popular in New England and elsewhere as a lightweight summer garment, protection for nicer breeches, or as a warm outer layer in the colder months. Choose between natural […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Timothy Symington
March 9, 2025 • ZoomThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Raising one’s glass is a familiar tradition at weddings and state dinners. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, toasting was actually a very formal ritual, bringing members of certain groups together in celebration. Newspapers printed lists of toast that were given […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: The Market for Produce Goods
March 15, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaExplore Fort Ticonderoga’s place within the communities along Lake Champlain. From markets to marriages, see the surprising connections between the 26th Regiment of Foot and American colonists as war loomed on the horizon.
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The 31st Annual Ticonderoga Ball in NYC
March 21, 2025 • 38 E 37th St New York NY 10016This elegant black tie affair supports Fort Ticonderoga’s mission of education and preservation. Enjoy cocktails, dinner, a live auction, and dancing with the Lester Lanin Orchestra at New York City’s historic Union League Club. Our online Exclusive Experiences Auction will be open to all, offering on-of-a-kind trips, tours, and adventures. For more information call 518-585-2821 […]
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Fort Fever Series featuring Cameron Green
March 26, 2025 •The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Director of Interpretation Cameron Green and explore Major General Philip Schuyler’s role as one of Continental Congress’ Commissioners of Indian Affairs. Discover the importance of diplomacy with the neighboring Native American nations, beginning in the earliest days of the […]
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Thirteenth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium
April 5, 2025 • HybridThe King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga presents the Thirteenth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium on Saturday, April 5, 2025. This program features practical strategies for expanding an improving your garden and landscape. We invite you to join us, whether you are an experiences gardener or just getting started, for helpful insights from garden experts who […]
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Virtual Author Series featuring Stephen Brumwell
April 13, 2025 • VirtualThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty traces Arnold’s journey from enthusiastic support of American independence to his spectacularly traitorous acts and narrow escape. Stephen Brumwell’s research leads to an unexpected conclusion: Arnold’s mystifying betrayal was […]
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Fort Fever Series featuring Dr. Matthew Keagle
April 23, 2025 •The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Dr. Matthew Keagle, Curator, to preview the 2025 special exhibition highlighting “Subjects, Citizens, Service.” The Revolutionary War was the longest armed conflict in American history until the 20th century and war shaped all the nations involved. Existing armies expanded and new […]
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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 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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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ 3-Day Battle Reenactment: No Quarter!
May 9, 2025 - May 11, 2025 • Fort TiconderogaAttend the 250th Anniversary reenactment of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and the Green Mountain Boys as well as the immediate aftermath. Examine the real story behind America’s First Victory and learn of America’s first offensive push of the Revolution. Attend the night-time program and witness the Green Mountain Boys […]
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REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Evening Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
May 10, 2025 • 102 fort ti road ticonderoga7:30 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 and soldiers’ apartments. Talk with commander […]
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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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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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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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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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The Annual King’s Garden Party
August 2, 2025 • Kings GardenJoin us in the King’s Garden for the party of the summer featuring cocktails, live music, delicious bites, spirited best-of competition, Silent & Exclusive Experiences auctions…and elegance among the blooms.
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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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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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Homeschool Day
September 5, 2025 • 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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Twenty-First Annual Seminar on the American Revolution
September 19, 2025 - September 21, 2025 • 102 fort ti road ticonderogaFort Ticonderoga seeks proposals for papers broadly addressing the period of the War for American Independence with a focus on “Subjects, Citizens, Service” for its Twenty-First Annual Seminar on the American Revolution to be held September 19-21, 2025. Submissions are due September 30, 2024. See the Call for Papers link below. This annual premier conference […]
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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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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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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 17766. 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.
