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Join us DECEMBER 5-7 for the 250th anniversary REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Reenactment of Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery: Ticonderoga to the Siege of Boston.
In December 1775, the Henry Knox Noble Train of Artillery started from Fort Ticonderoga headed for Boston, hauling 59 pieces of artillery, crossing the icy Hudson River four times, and traversing over 300 miles on a grueling journey that changed the tide of the American Revolution, freeing Boston from a nearly year-long siege by the British. Fort Ticonderoga will meticulously recreate the first leg of this historic journey, known as one of the most stupendous feats of military logistics.
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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November
15–16
Winter Workshop Series: British Blanket Coats
In this two-day workshop, begin your own British Army blanket coat, the warm outer coats that featured prominently in the 1775-76 campaigns, from Quebec to Ticonderoga. Discover how tailors within British regiments efficiently cut three-point blankets into overcoats styled on Canadian & Native American capotes. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for your hand-woven blanket […]
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December
5
Premium Experience Ticonderoga’s Treasures Knox Edition
Join us on the 250th anniversary of Henry Knox’s arrival at Ticonderoga for a special behind-the-scenes experience. At 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, we invite you to the Ticonderoga’s Treasure Knox Edition, where you’ll explore archival documents, rare books, prints, and artifacts from 1775 that illuminate Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery. This program […]
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December
6
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Reenactment Event: Noble Train Begins
The 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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December
7
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® The Noble Train to Lake George
Beginning at 11:00 am in the town of Ticonderoga, at the corner of Montcalm Street and Champlain Avenue, follow along as we bring cannons to the shore of Lake George. Join Fort Ticonderoga as we assemble the largest number of period vehicles since 1775, pulled by oxen and horses, to recreate the first leg of […]
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January
11
Virtual Author Series featuring Albert Louis Zambone
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. In Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life, the first biography of this iconic figure in forty years, historian Albert Louis Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of […]
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January
17
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Supplying Our Army in Canada
Ticonderoga was a vital link in the supply chain keeping an American Army alive at the gates of Quebec City in January 1776. In this one-day living history event, explore the many needs of an army in winter from shot to shoes. See how soldiers and teamsters kept sleds running over the ice of Lake […]
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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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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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During this Saturday`s REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Veteran`s Day living history event, feel different leathers and fabrics and watch the skills of repairing shoes and sewing winter clothing. Step inside Fort Ticonderoga’s powder magazine to explore the care and craft of maintaining gunpowder and ammunition. Watch powerful teams of oxen haul supplies and discover their vitality in the fall of 1775.
In honor of Veteran`s Day, this event is free for all active and retired military personnel, as well as Fort Ticonderoga Members and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass Holders. For the full visitor schedule and other details, visit https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-veterans-day-weekend/
Join Fort Ticonderoga for a one-day REAL TIME REVOLUTION® living history event on Saturday, November 8th to salute veterans service in the defense of the United States, beginning with the first citizen-soldiers of 1775.
Visitors will step into Fort Ticonderoga as it appeared 250 years ago, capturing a moment of triumph and trepidation for the Northern Department of the Continental Army. Discover the challenges of army life as New York and New England soldiers reached the end of their first campaign season, uncertain if they would stay with the army.
November 1775 was a fascinating time for the American cause, the Continental Army had to continue fighting even as they were re-raising their army. The fact that the army did not collapse in this moment is a testament to the service of American veterans who did re-enlist, even when the comfort of home called.
In honor of Veterans Day, this event is free for all active and retired military personnel, as well as Fort Ticonderoga Members and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass Holders. For the full visitor schedule and other details, visit www.fortticonderoga.org.
As part of this Saturday`s Veteran`s Day REAL TIME REVOLUTION® living history event, explore the many flintlock arms carried by American soldiers assembling at Ticonderoga in 1775. Discover the discipline of New England and New York soldiers as they prepare themselves to reinforce the army in Canada and face British regulars for the first time.
In honor of Veterans Day, this event is free for all active and retired military personnel, as well as Fort Ticonderoga Members and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass Holders.
This REAL TIME REVOLUTION® event is part of Fort Ticonderoga’s new Winter Quarters season schedule. From now through April, visitors can explore the fort through a more intimate experience, featuring lively living history events, engaging seminars, specialty programs, and hands-on workshops.
Pack your jacket and lunch for a full day of programming!
For the full visitor schedule and other details, visit
https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-veterans-day-weekend/
Join us this Saturday, November 8, for our Veteran`s Day living history event and the LAST CHANCE to view “A Revolutionary Anthology: Subjects, Citizens, Service”!
Through never-before-seen artifacts, documents, and compelling storytelling, “A Revolutionary Anthology” showcases the complex choices, sacrifices and challenges faced by individuals navigating a world in transformation.
“Subjects, Citizens, Service” explores the people and armies involved in the Revolutionary War. Many of the artifacts to be displayed in “A Revolutionary Anthology” come from Fort Ticonderoga’s recently acquired Robert Nittolo Collection, the most significant private collection of 18th-century militaria in North America.
In 2026, we will turn to chapter 3 of this multi-year exhibit to feature a new theme "A Revolutionary Anthology: Revolutionary Possibilities." Stay tuned for what`s to come!
On this Trades Tuesday we`re looking back on building a net that caught fish on Lake Champlain at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. The gauge, length, and depth of this net all come from dimensions requested by Benedict Arnold during his brief command of Ticonderoga. The New York Provincial Congress ordered on June 7, 1775 “2 seines, 30 fathom long, capt 12 feet, and arms 6 feet deep, of coarse twine, meshes 1½ inch square…” With a fathom equating six feet, each knotted row of this net is 180 feet long!
Check out the video on our YouTube page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhPsleGumfA
#NorthernDepartment #America250 #TradesTuesday
Fort Ticonderoga unlocks REAL TIME REVOLUTION® war drama with epic winter programs. The Winter Quarters season features the 250th Anniversary Reenactment of Henry Knox’s "Noble Train."
Step back 250 years into the heart of the American Revolution this winter! Fort Ticonderoga is rolling out its “Winter Quarters” season (November through April) with a powerhouse lineup of immersive living history events, premium behind-the-scenes tours, and hands-on workshops, all under the banner of its multi-year REAL TIME REVOLUTION® commemoration.
The headline event is the 250th Anniversary Reenactment of Henry Knox’s legendary “Noble Train of Artillery,” a pivotal moment in American history. From December 6th to 7th, witness the drama as oxen and horses recreate the arduous first leg of the journey, dragging massive cannon from the Fort to Lake George—the same cannons that ultimately drove the British from Boston. This is a must-see, visual spectacle for media and visitors alike.
Fort Ticonderoga’s Winter Quarters offers unique insights into Ticonderoga’s defining history, especially as we bring the critical years of the Revolution to life, day-by-day, moment-by-moment. From the spectacular Noble Train Begins reenactment to our engaging virtual series, this is a must-do for residents, winter tourists visiting the Adirondacks, and on-line audiences. For more information on upcoming in-person and virtual experiences, visit www.fortticonderoga.org.
On this day, 250th years ago, November 3, 1775, the British garrison of St Jean, Québec surrendered to General Richard Montgomery’s Continental forces after a grueling 48-day long siege. On the heels of the October 18th surrender of Fort Chambly, the Continentals now faced an unexpected aspect of their victories. Hundreds of British soldiers, and their families, were now prisoners. Join us to learn how managing this enormous volume of captives put further strain on Continental resources but provided an opportunity for Americans to show the kind of war they were fighting.
Watch this exciting installment of our REAL TIME REVOLUTION® series on our YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNcU7cSUAB0&feature=youtu.be
#America250 #OTD #History #FortStJean #Americanrevolution #NorthernDepartment
In mid-October 1775, bogged down in a swampy siege of Fort Saint-Jean, General Richard Montgomery’s American army revived their Canadian campaign by capturing Fort Chambly. The capture raised morale and provided supplies for the hungry army. The siege of Saint-Jean continued, and the tide began to turn as a new American battery with large cannons damaged the works. On October 30, the British garrison’s last hope was dashed when a relief force of 1000 British-Canadian militia was prevented from reaching Saint-Jean.
On November 1, Montgomery sent a flag of truce to Saint-Jean and offered to negotiate terms of surrender. The garrison’s commander, Major Charles Preston, still hoping for a relief column, offered to wait four days, then surrender if no help had come. Montgomery responded by sending a prisoner from the relief force, who confirmed that the rescue attempt had failed, and demanding surrender again.
On November 2—250 years ago today—Preston gave in, proposing articles of capitulation. He requested that “The Garrison shall… be suffered to proceed with their Baggage & Effects to the most Convenient Port in America; From thence to embark for Great Britain.” While Montgomery agreed to many of Preston’s lesser demands, the soldiers would not be allowed to return to Britain as free men. Instead, “The Garrison must go to Connecticut… there to remain till our Unhappy Differences shall be compromised, or till they are exchanged.” Montgomery promised that “Our Prisoners have been constantly treated with a Brotherly Affection.”
The terms of the surrender were not what Preston wanted, but he had few options left. That same day, Montgomery wrote to a subordinate, “I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that the Garrison has Capitulated. Tomorrow morning at 8 O’clock they will march out & ground their arms on the plain to the South of the Fort.” With that, their journey to captivity would begin.
Learn more about the terms of surrender (object ID MS.2065) and Montgomery’s letter (object ID 1999.1160.003) on the Ticonderoga Online Collections database: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/30075 https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/29396
250 years ago this month, Ensign Daniel Shays was serving in Cambridge, MA as part of the force besieging Boston, risking his life for the American cause. He served for more than four years, but the end of the war was not the end of his story. Over the winter of 1786-1787, he rose up again to protect what he saw as his rights, this time opposing the state government that he had helped to create.
This pay abstract for October 1775 lists the pay due to Reuben Dickinson’s company of Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge’s Regiment. Shay can be seen near the top of the abstract, with his name spelled as “Daniel Shay”. Shays, a resident of Pelham, MA, later reached the rank of captain in the Continental Army, serving at the Battles of Saratoga and Stony Point.
Shays returned home to hard times after the war. He had not been paid in full for his service and found himself in debt. Many fellow soldier-farmers were in similar situations, which were made worse by merchants only taking payment in hard currency and even worse in 1785 when the Massachusetts legislature passed a higher property tax. When the state refused to consider pleas for debt relief, Shays and his fellow farmers took matters into their own hands. They took up arms and protested at county courts, making it impossible for them to do business. While Shays was only one of many leading figures in the movement, his name was the one that stuck, and the revolt is today known as Shays’ Rebellion.
Unlike his Revolutionary War service, Shays’ uprising did not end in success. The protestors, known as Regulators, temporarily shut down many county courts, but the movement collapsed after their attack on the armory at Springfield was defeated by the militia. Shays escaped to Vermont and was sentenced to death in absentia. However, he was pardoned in 1788, and most Regulators were pardoned after signing an oath of allegiance to the state government. One ex-Regulator who signed that oath was none other than Captain Reuben Dickinson, Shays’ old commanding officer.
Learn more about the pay abstract (object ID MS.7081.13) on the Ticonderoga Online Collections database: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/30619
While we look back on an incredible Campaign Season and prepare for our exciting Winter Quarters events take a moment to marvel at this timelapse of the changing seasons on Ticonderoga peninsula that was a full year in the making.
Watch now on our YouTube Channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ak2Ph38acs
For a list of all our upcoming events:
https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/
#drone #timelapse #america250
Join Fort Ticonderoga for a one-day REAL TIME REVOLUTION® living history event on Saturday, November 8th to salute veterans service in the defense of the United States, beginning with the first citizen-soldiers of 1775.
Step into Fort Ticonderoga as it appeared 250 years ago, capturing a moment of triumph and trepidation for the Northern Department of the Continental Army. Discover the challenges of army life as New York and New England soldiers reached the end of their first campaign season, uncertain if they would stay with the army.
In honor of Veterans Day, this event is free for all active and retired military personnel, as well as Fort Ticonderoga Members and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass Holders.
For more information and to view the visitor schedule, visit: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-veterans-day-weekend/
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