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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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January
17
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Supplying Our Army in Canada
Step off the pages of history and onto the frozen ground of 1776! Fort Ticonderoga invites the public and media to its gripping, one-day Winter Quarters living history event, “Supplying our Army in Canada,” on Saturday, January 17, 2026. This immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience thrusts visitors into the precarious first winter of the Revolutionary […]
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January
24
Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
The 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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January
28
Fort Fever Series featuring Miranda Peters
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Vice President of Collections & Digital Production Miranda Peters 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 working on […]
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January
31
Winter Workshop Series: “This is Fair Liberty” Cartridge Box
In this one-day workshop, build your own reproduction of Fort Ticonderoga’s cartridge box, boldly embossed with an American soldier and “This is Fair Liberty,” on the exterior flap. Discover the finer details of constructing a genteel cartridge box, with saddler Stuart Lilie as your guide. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for your cartridge box […]
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February
7
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: The Precarious Garrison of Ticonderoga
In this one-day living history event, explore how the small garrison of New York troops survived through the depths of the winter. See their continued work to maintain Fort Ticonderoga with its role in command of the Northern Department. Consider the choices made by American soldiers, asked to reenlist at Ticonderoga even as winter’s cold […]
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February
8
Virtual Author Series featuring Robert F. Smith
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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February
21
Winter Workshop Series: Silk Bonnets
In this one-day workshop, join Artificer Tailor, Samantha Crumb, to build your own women’s silk bonnet. Apply skills to silk taffeta and paperboard to create the pleasing curves and sun protection of these fashionable 1770s hats. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for a bonnet, and sewing materials.
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February
25
Fort Fever Series featuring Kate Tardiff
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga Archivist Kate Tardiff for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s Ticonderoga Soldiers Project. The Soldiers Project is our effort to document the thousands of soldiers and civilians who were present at Fort Ticonderoga in the 18th century, compiling […]
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March
7–8
Winter Workshop Series: Leather Breeches
In this two-day workshop begin your own pair of buckskin breeches. See details gleaned from a number of surviving examples and learn techniques to make these ubiquitous men’s legwear. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for your trousers, and sewing materials.
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March
8
Virtual Author Series featuring Michael P. Gabriel
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Incorporating recent scholarship and new archival discoveries, this is an updated biography of one of the forgotten heroes of the Revolutionary War, Richard Montgomery. An Irish-born former British officer who saw extensive service in North America during the Seven Years’ War, […]
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March
20
The 32nd Annual Ticonderoga Ball in NYC
Join us for the 2026 Ticonderoga Ball at The Union League Club of New York City honoring Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and philanthropist Robert Perkin and The Perkin Fund. Raise a glass to America’s 250th Anniversary at this elegant black-tie event that includes dinner, dancing, a thrilling live auction, and more! The Online […]
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March
25
Fort Fever Series featuring Cameron Green
The Fort Ticonderoga Fort Fever Series features presentations by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Director of Interpretation Cameron Green and examine the Gunboat New York, one of Benedict Arnold’s vessels on Lake Champlain in 1776. A survivor of the Battle of Valcour Island, discover this ship’s unique role in the defense of liberty from […]
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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 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.
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As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: 1776 Supplying our Army in Canada on January 17th, watch as horses and oxen deliver supplies from the south into stores at Fort Ticonderoga. Discover the trek along frozen lakes and portage roads, that brought each barrel of food northward.
View the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: 1776 Supplying our Army in Canada on January 17th, step into the warm Officers` Barracks and meet the one merchant allowed to sell to the soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1776. Discover how General Philip Schuyler curtailed a bustling market of locals, authorizing a sutler with selling foods and comforts to soldiers at regulated prices.
View the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
As part of the "Supplying our Army in Canada” Living History Event on January 17, discover the process of cleaning cannons with gunpowder and how Ticonderoga’s guns were loaded onto sleds to be sent north to aid the fledgling army outside Quebec one month after Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery left Ticonderoga.
See the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
On this Trades Tuesday we are rebuilding a coat for Colonel Knox`s Artillery Regiment, for our REAL TIME REVOLUTION® portrayal of 1776. Captain Ebenezer Stevens` and Captain Stephen Badlam`s companies of Knox`s regiment marched to the join Northern Continental Army, which retreated to Ticonderoga in July. Among a series of receipts for Knox`s regiment are some from New York City tailor David Schuyler. In one receipt from May 21, 1776, David Schuyler accounted for, "Fifty yds of blue Broad Cloath, Forty five yds of white Swanskin and eleven ¾ of Red Sarge and thread to be made into Regt Coats like the pattern I have rec`d at nine shilling Currency pr Coat the work to be well done..."
This old reproduction coat will be taken to pieces and rebuilt to better match details gleaned from this receipt and Knox`s other correspondence about clothing his regiment.
#TradesTuesday #REALTIMEREVOLUTION #America250
Less than 2 weeks remain to apply for Fort Ticonderoga’s Edward W. Pell Fellowship 2026 cohort!
Each year, Fort Ticonderoga hosts four graduate fellowships for people seeking a practical, hands-on learning experience while working closely with museum staff and world-class resources. Fellows gain meaningful experience across roles that reflect the core work at our historic site and museum, including Education, Archaeology, Archives, and Decorative Arts.
Past fellows describe the experience as “transformative,” and the kind of opportunity that “changed the way I look at history.” This video features reflections from the 2025 class and offers a candid look at what the summer is really like.
Please share this opportunity with the emerging museum professionals in your life!
Learn more and apply by January 19th: https://fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/fellowships/graduate-fellowships/
#MuseumJobs #MuseumCareers #PublicHistory #Archives #Archaeology #MuseumEducation #CollectionsManagement #FortTiconderoga
Step off the pages of history and onto the frozen ground of 1776! Fort Ticonderoga invites the public and media to its gripping, one-day Winter Quarters living history event, “Supplying our Army in Canada,” on Saturday, January 17, 2026 from 10AM-4PM.
This immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience thrusts visitors into the precarious first winter of the Revolutionary War. While General Henry Knox was famously dragging cannon toward Boston, Fort Ticonderoga was operating as a critical, frozen lifeline—a desperate supply depot for the beleaguered American forces clinging tenuously to the Siege of Quebec.
LEARN MORE: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
In January 1776, a new year was beginning, and so was a new iteration of the Continental Army. The enlistments of men who had signed up to serve at the war’s start had expired, and those who had not reenlisted were returning home. Even then, some officers’ work was not entirely done. Company captains and paymasters had paperwork to finish as they ensured that their men had been paid and that the company’s accounts were settled.
Captain Waterman Clift was one of the officers responsible for their company’s expenses. In May 1775 he joined the 6th Connecticut Regiment. He worked to enlist and outfit men for his company, providing guns and accoutrements impressed from civilians to men who joined the army without any. Clift’s fully outfitted company marched to Boston in June and spent the rest of the year besieging the city.
Clift was discharged on December 18, but he had accounts to settle with his company, and not all of them would balance neatly. The company had lost a deserter, Reuben Stutson. When he left the army abruptly on August 14, Stutson took an advance on his wages with him, along with the gun that had been given to him when he enlisted. The gun had been impressed from a Connecticut civilian who would be expecting to either get it back or be compensated for its loss. The extra wages, possibly a bounty given to Stutson when he enlisted or pay advanced so he could purchase necessities, might have been borrowed from Clift’s own pocket.
Clift turned to the Connecticut government for financial assistance. On January 4, 1776—250 years ago today—the Connecticut Committee of the Pay Table issued this order directing that Clift be paid 7 pounds, 17 shillings, 5 pence from the colony’s treasury as compensation for the lost wages and the gun. Clift used the money to balance the company’s accounts before returning to civilian life, at least for a moment. His break from army life was short; by June he was back in service and on his way to help Washington’s army defend New York.
Learn more about the pay order (object ID MS.7749, property of Robert Nittolo) on the Ticonderoga Online Collections database: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/31664
3, 2, 1...HAPPY NEW YEAR! From the shores of Lake Champlain to the heights of Mount Defiance, 2025 was a remarkable year for Fort Ticonderoga, all thanks to YOU!
As we turn the page to a new year, we invite you and your family to join us in 2026 to be part of the action as we continue to commemorate America`s 250th with a powerhouse lineup of REAL TIME REVOLUTION® programming!
Join us from the comfort of your home this January for a new Virtual Author Series, Virtual Fort Fever Series, and the Fifteenth Annual Material Matters: It`s in the Details conference. Immersive in-person opportunities include a REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event "Supplying Our Army in Canada." More information on all virtual and in-person programs can be found here: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/
THANK YOU for helping us make history and serve our mission of education and preservation. We look forward to seeing you in 2026 and beyond!
#OTD 250 years ago December 31, 1775, General Richard Montgomery was killed in a daring attack on Quebec City. The shocking moment when the American invasion of Canada faltered was later immortalized by John Trumbull in an epic history painting intended to mythologize the American Revolution. But does that image represent what the scene would have really looked like? Join Dr Matthew Keagle to peel away the layers of time to get closer to the truth of the fateful evening.
Watch now on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGlcDH35AXM
#NorthernDepartment #America250 #revolutionarywar
Many argue today about whether Henry Knox employed only horses or only oxen, citing images or recollections from decades after the winter of 1775-1776. The argument of one draught animal or the other misses the length of the journey and the many teamsters who hauled sleds over various sections of the route. Thanks to a plethora of letters and Knox`s own journal, this question thankfully has an answer.
Did Henry Knox uses horses or oxen? Join us in this new video to look at the real evidence for both:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncvKrF_YmGA
#America250 #REALTIMEREVOLUTION #NorthernDepartment
On this Trades Tuesday, we are trying to reproduce the stamped pattern, "This is Fair, "LIBERTY," on a Revolutionary War cartridge pouch in our Museum Collections. The American grenadier, with this message all were carved in reverse into a hardwood block. Pressed into wet leather, the block leaves an imprint that remains once the leather dries. Iron filings and vinegar followed by tallow, leave an indelible black dye. to the face of this cartridge box flap. You can see the original in our Online Collections or during your next visit in our Bullets & Blades exhibit.
https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/objects/2052
Build your own in our upcoming This is Fair Liberty” Cartridge Box Workshop, January 31, 2026. Register today, space is filling fast!
https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/winter-workshop-series-this-is-fair-liberty-cartridge-box/
#TradesTuesday #HistoricTrades #America250
On behalf of the Fort Ticonderoga team, we wish you a beautiful holiday season and send our deepest gratitude to you for your support throughout the year!
It`s thrilling and rewarding to look back on the accomplishments of this year, none of which would have been possible without your generous support.
2025 was indeed remarkable! We launched REAL TIME REVOLUTION®, a multi-year initiative coinciding with our nation’s 250th year anniversary to bring to life the people and events that defined the fight for independence. We engaged a growing audience of visitors from across the world, documented and made accessible thousands of rare museum objects, presented dramatic and impactful programs, exhibits, and special events, invested in the restoration of our historic structures, and saw tremendous progress on our long-term plans. Through our Ticonderoga Institute and social media platforms, we reached millions of viewers across the globe continuing significant virtual educational reach.
You share our belief in the importance of our mission, work, and plans for the future. We are united in our deep and passionate belief that history and historical education are fundamental to our nation. As we continue the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, preserving the legacy of the people, places, and objects that shaped our nation are more important than ever.
If you have not done so already, we ask that you consider a year-end tax-deductible gift. Your continued generosity is critical to the fulfillment of our mission - TO PRESERVE, EDUCATE AND PROVOKE AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PAST AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. https://fortticonderoga.org/join-and-support/donate/
