“The Ticonderoga Award for a Continental Vision” to be Presented to Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Fort Ticonderoga will host the 31st Annual Ticonderoga Ball at the elegant Union League Club in New York City on March 21, 2025. As Fort Ticonderoga’s largest fundraising event of the year, the Ticonderoga Ball provides vital funding for mission-focused education and preservation, with an opportunity to thank supporters, celebrate organizational victories, honor service and contributions to historical literacy, and raise a glass to North America’s military history and cultural heritage during the long 18th century.
The 2025 Ticonderoga Ball will be monumental in the event’s 30-year legacy of fundraising, friendship, and passionate support for historical literacy. With a nod to the May 10, 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga, this energetic gala will usher in the 250th anniversary of America’s First Victory and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to celebrate the founding of our nation.
“The 31st Annual Ticonderoga Ball will celebrate America’s First Victory, an early and transformative action of the American Revolution at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775,” said Beth L. Hill, Fort Ticonderoga President & CEO. “It is the perfect time to recognize the contributions and achievements of author and historian Rick Atkinson. With impeccable research and timing, Rick’s work on his Revolution Trilogy of books is igniting interest and creating a deeper understanding of our nation’s earliest and sometimes uncertain days. He shares a passion with Fort Ticonderoga for bringing to light the triumphs, as well as the tragedies, that carried us through the Revolution and brought us to this moment.”
The Ticonderoga Ball: The Ticonderoga Ball on Friday, March 21, 2025, is an annual black-tie event held at The Union League Club of New York City that includes an elegant dinner, the presentation of “The Ticonderoga Award for a Continental Vision,” entertainment and fundraising with auctioneer Harry Santa-Olalla, dancing with New York City’s Lester Lanin Orchestra, and more. The Ticonderoga Ball also has an exciting Exclusive Experiences Auction open everyone online starting March 14, 2025. The event and auction will benefit the preservation of Fort Ticonderoga’s 2000-acre historic site, museum operations, nationally recognized educational programming, and award-winning exhibits.
To learn more about the Ticonderoga Ball including tickets, donations, and the Online Exclusive Experiences Auction, click here.
Author Rick Atkinson: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize three times over, Rick Atkinson is an American author and historian, recognized by Fort Ticonderoga for his collective of work that has advanced historical literacy. As noted on his website “Rick Atkinson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven previous works of history, including The Long Gray Line, the Liberation Trilogy (An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light), and The British Are Coming, the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy. His numerous awards include Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism.” To learn more about Rick Atkinson, click here.
The Ticonderoga Award for a Continental Vision: In 1776, soldiers from across the young United States joined together to defend Ticonderoga. Those soldiers of the Continental Army served a cause that was greater than their individual towns, cities, and states. Their continental vision was not just an acknowledgment of the past, but a path for the future. Ticonderoga seeks to recognize this same sensitivity in the present, by honoring those who respect our past, connect it to the present, and show a broad vision for our future.
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 nearly 70,000 visitors each year with an economic impact of more than $16 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. To view Fort Ticonderoga’s electronic press kit, click here. © The Fort Ticonderoga Association. 2025 All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Painting “Capture of Fort Ticonderoga”, Attributed to Alonzo Chappel, ca. 1828-1856. Fort Ticonderoga Museum Collection.
