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Daily Visitation: May 3-Oct. 26, 2025 | Tues-Sun | 9:30am-5pm
Experience the blend of history and natural beauty like nowhere else when you visit Fort Ticonderoga! Explore 2000 acres of America’s most historic landscape located on the shores of Lake Champlain and nestled between New York’s Adirondack and Vermont’s Green Mountains. Create lasting memories as you embark on an adventure that spans centuries, defined a continent, and helped forge a nation.
EXPLORE THE 6-ACRE HEROIC CORN MAZE!
Share time with family and friends while exploring a unique corn maze located on the shores of Lake Champlain at Fort Ticonderoga, with a NEW DESIGN for 2025! Getting lost in this life-size puzzle is part of the fun as you look for history clues among towering stalks of corn! Find clues connected to our story as you navigate the maze!
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December
7
Living History Event: “To Render This Place as Tenable as Possible”
The Continental Army at Ticonderoga gave hope to this new nation with their victory over the British Army on October 28, 1776, beginning their long watch over the winter to come. In this one-day living history event, witness soldiers’ preparations to hold the line of liberty, maintaining their discipline through the hardships of winter and […]
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January
12
Virtual Author Series featuring Serena Zabin
The 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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January
18
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event “Necessary for the Rigour of the Climate”
Experience 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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January
22
Fort Fever Series featuring Miranda Peters & Kate Tardiff
The 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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January
25
Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
The 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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February
1
Winter Workshop Series: 1775 New York Cartridge Box
In 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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February
9
Virtual Author Series featuring J. L. Bell
The 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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February
15
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga
How 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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February
26
Fort Fever Series featuring Stuart Lilie
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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March
1
Winter Workshop Series: Civilian Trousers
In 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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March
9
Virtual Author Series featuring Timothy Symington
The 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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March
15
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: The Market for Produce Goods
Explore 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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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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Today is National Button Day!
There are over 2,500 buttons in Fort Ticonderoga’s archaeological collections ranging from plain and numbered regimental buttons, to decorative civilian buttons, to small button fragments. A handful of our numbered regimental buttons will be on display in exhibits opening in May 2025. Exhibit Designer & Fabricator, T.J. Mullen is preparing some of these buttons for upcoming exhibitions by taking measurements and experimenting with case layouts.
You can see more of the buttons found at Fort Ticonderoga through the Ticonderoga Online Collections database:
https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/advanced-search?includedFields=Objects%2CPhotos%2CArchives%2CLibrary%2CPeople%2CContainers&Object+Name+%2F+Other+Name=Button&page=1&size=10&withImages=false
#NationalButtonDay #TiconderogaCollections #exhibition
Nov 16
Chilly outside? Warm up with this quilted piece of history.
This stunning 1746 quilted petticoat from Southern New England is more than just a piece of clothing—it’s a symbol of Anglo-American identity. Proudly displaying the British Royal Arms at its front, this garment reminds us of the strong cultural and political ties that connected Americans and Britons before the Revolutionary War. At that time, Americans saw themselves as British subjects, united in shared rights, grievances, and a vibrant material culture.
Explore this fascinating artifact with Curator Dr. Matthew Keagle and learn more about its unique story in our online collections database. This object will also be on display next year in our NEW exhibit A Revolutionary Anthology: Subjects, Citizens, Service that opens May 2025!
🔗 https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/objects/3877
Nov 14
For #tradestuesday we’re preparing for our upcoming winter workshop, where participants will make their own quilted petticoat. In this workshop--like all of our living history programs—we carefully study original examples in the Museum Collection of #FortTiconderoga, to bring to life the handmade details of the past. Stay tuned for our 2025 Winter Workshop Series, coming soon!
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/lectures-seminars-workshops/
Nov 12
Happy #ManuscriptMonday and happy #VeteransDay!
Today we celebrate the veterans who have served their nation since the founding of the United States. Soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War risked more than just their lives. They left their families, left their farms or businesses to be kept afloat by others, and in return were paid with Continental paper money that rapidly depreciated due to inflation, if they were paid at all. By the 1810s, many aging veterans were reaching the end of their working lives and their financial resources. The government responded, offering help in the form of pensions to veterans who could prove that they needed and had earned it.
Today’s document, MS.7273, from the Robert Nittolo Collection, is the affidavit of James McCauley on July 21, 1820, part of a pension application. McCauley states that he served in Colonel Goose Van Schaick’s 1st New York Regiment from 1776-1782 and that he “was in the battles of Monmouth, at the Capture of Burgoyne, at the siege of Cornwallis, and was 22 months in Fort Stanwix”, earning a badge of merit for 6 years’ service. McCauley had received a pension in 1818 for this service, but in 1820 a new pension act was passed. Veterans now had to prove not only their service, but their financial need. McCauley gives an inventory of his possessions, mostly consisting of furniture and kitchen implements and valued at $9.99 ½, and states his situation: “declarant is a weaver by trade, but through age and infirmity he is unable to follow that business”. He has lost the use of most of his fingers and the sight in one eye. He lives with his wife Rachel, a 4-year-old grandson, and sometimes their 16-year-old daughter Rachel. The family survives on support from the town and from the younger Rachel’s occasional work as a “tailoress”. McCauley’s 1820 pension application was likely successful. The money he received from the government in return for his sacrifices would have helped him and his family stay comfortable until his death in 1821.
This document can be found on our online database in the link below. #TiconderogaCollections #OpeningTheVault https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/31073
Nov 11
On Veterans Day, Fort Ticonderoga remembers and honors all of those who have served in the armed forces of the United States to preserve the nation and the principles it stands for. Whether brief, or for a lifetime, we remember and acknowledge the contributions of veterans in creating and preserving this new concept of a nation created nearly 250 years ago during the Revolutionary War.
Fort Ticonderoga’s archives record the service of thousands of soldiers from the colonial and Revolutionary wars. Through letters, rolls, orderly books, diaries, and more, these records connect us with this first generation of American veterans in the 18th century. With generous support from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York, and the General Society of Colonial Wars, the Ticonderoga Soldier’s Project has expanded, making it easier to learn more about America’s early veterans and potentially your own family’s contributions in the nation’s founding.
Currently over 5,000 veterans and others are identified and searchable in our database. To explore these names, learn more about our database, or begin your own genealogical research at Fort Ticonderoga, visit the Genealogy page on our website: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/collections/genealogy/.
On this Veterans Day, we remember and honor the veterans we know, as well as the veterans of the past. Fort Ticonderoga’s mission is to preserve, educate and provoke active discussion about the past and its importance to present and future generations. There is no better way to connect with the past than by reflecting on the enduring legacy of military service going back to America’s earliest veterans.
Nov 11
Join Fort Ticonderoga TOMORROW for a one-day living history event and explore how British soldiers and loyalists engaged in their final campaign at Ticonderoga in the fall of 1781. Discover how this feign of British military force was to threaten the United States, while supporting a loyalist Vermont.
Highlighted programming throughout the day uncovers the complexities of refugees of the new United States seeking security within British territory. Explore the trades and tools employed by soldiers and sailors to make and mend anything from sails to entire barracks. Go beyond loading and firing to discuss tactical adaptations employed by the British Army as they raided along the northern frontier between the United States and Canada. See how officers and soldiers alike encamped in and around Fort Ticonderoga, which had already been in runs for nearly four years.
During an engaging presentation by Fort Ticonderoga Curator, Dr. Matthew Keagle, explore the forgotten campaign of the American Revolution and the complex politics and strategy of the Northern frontier late in the Revolutionary War.
View the full visitor schedule: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/living-history-event-the-enemy-are-refortifying-ticonderoga/
#WinterQuarters #LifeLongLearning #LivingHistory
Nov 8
This Saturday is your last chance to view Ensign William Johnson`s diary during National Native American Heritage Month!
In 1776 Ensign William Johnson of the British Army recorded his lessons in the Mohawk language so he could operate with warriors from the community of Akwesasne who allied with the British. These rare examples of written Mohawk from the 18th century remind us of the complexity of the American Revolution and the pivotal role Native peoples played in this grueling conflict. Johnson`s original diary is on display in our "Revolutionary Anthology: Power of Place" exhibit, which is open for one more day in 2024 during Saturday`s Living History event.
A new transcription of Johnson`s diary is available in the 2024 "Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum," which will be available for sale at the event, or you can explore the diary at any time on our online collections: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/30803
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#TiconderogaCollections
#akwesasne
Nov 7
As part of the living history event this Saturday, November 9th, join the funeral procession as American prisoners of war are set free to bring their deceased sergeant’s body home to Vermont. Discover why the British Army gave full military honors to their enemy and freed their adversaries.
View the full visitor schedule by clicking the link in our bio: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/living-history-event-the-enemy-are-refortifying-ticonderoga/
#WinterQuarters #LifeLongLearning #LivingHistory
Nov 7
During this Saturday`s living history event, explore how British soldiers and loyalists prepared for one last campaign launched from Ticonderoga in the fall of 1781. Watch as cattle work to draw heavy provisions and guns. Meet with refugees of the new United States seeking security within British territory. Explore the trades and tools employed by soldiers and sailors to make and mend anything from sails to entire barracks. How long will the British Army stay at Ticonderoga? And will they move further into New York, or retreat back north?
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/living-history-event-the-enemy-are-refortifying-ticonderoga/
#LivingHistory #LifeLongLearning #WinterQuarters
Nov 6
