• One Destination,
    Endless Adventures
    Your Adventure Awaits
    at Fort Ticonderoga

  • One Destination,
    Endless Adventures
    Your Adventure Awaits
    at Fort Ticonderoga

  • One Destination,
    Endless Adventures
    Your Adventure Awaits
    at Fort Ticonderoga

  • One Destination,
    Endless Adventures
    Your Adventure Awaits
    at Fort Ticonderoga

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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.

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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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  • May

    24–25

    REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Memorial Day Weekend

    Join 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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  • May

    30

    Annual History Conference for Educators 

    This 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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  • May

    30–1

    Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War

    Fort 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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  • June

    7

    Annual Spring King’s Garden Plant Sale

    As part of National Garden Week June 1-7, and back by popular demand, mark your calendars for the return of the King’s Garden Plant Sale on June 7 from 10am-4pm! Help Fort Ticonderoga with the historic garden’s stewardship and take home your living legacy from the walled King’s Garden. Visitors have the option to purchase […]

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  • June

    8

    Virtual Author Series featuring Christian Di Spigna

    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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  • June

    21–22

    REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Benedict Arnold’s Command

    Discover 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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  • June

    27

    History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain

    Cap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]

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  • July

    2

    Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience

    Start your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.

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  • July

    3

    Ticonderoga Guns by Night

    The flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!

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  • July

    4–6

    REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Independence Day Weekend

    Celebrate 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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  • July

    4

    History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain

    Cap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]

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  • July

    8

    Ticonderoga’s Treasures of 1775

    This unique experience highlights original museum artifacts from the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the dramatic events, and captivating personalities of 1775 through the documents and artifacts that were there. Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and Henry Knox and their experience will come to life through this tour of Ticonderoga’s treasures led by […]

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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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250 years ago today—May 16, 1775—Ticonderoga and Crown Point had been in American hands for nearly a week. Farther south, so was Skenesborough, a prosperous settlement founded by career British Army officer Philip Skene. Skene was at sea returning from a visit to England when the Americans captured Skenesborough, but his son, Major Andrew Skene, and his daughters, Katherine and Mary Ann Margaret, were captured. So were the town’s industrial fixtures, including grist mills, saw mills, an iron foundry, and a shipyard that would become vital for the American navy on Lake Champlain. In a letter written on May 16 to the Connecticut General Assembly, Captain Elisha Phelps discusses the management of the newly-captured town.

“Major Skeen Estate we have put into the Care of Capt. Noah Lee, a man of Good [Character] and Capable of taking Care of the Business well”, Phelps writes. He considers the welfare of the town’s residents, stating that “the Iron work must be Carried on for the Benifet of the people here”. Not all the residents of Skenesborough were trustworthy, though, particularly Skene’s business agent, John Brooks. “It would Not Do by No means to have mr Brook Stay heare as he was Looked upon to be a [bigger] Innemy to his Contry than Major Skeen, and tis an Easy mattor to Send an [Indian] to Cannada and Inform them all our Scheems and plans”.

Phelps also worried about Philip Skene’s schemes and plans. He writes that he has heard that Skene has married a rich woman in England, that he has a commission to govern Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and that he is bringing 1,000 men with him to Skenesborough. Only one of these rumors was true—Skene had been commissioned as lieutenant governor of Ticonderoga and Crown Point—but Phelps, who had no way of assessing the truth of the news, was concerned. He recommended that “Not Less than three thousand men be here [immediately] and to push on to Saint Johns & Kannada”. Phelps’ request would be indirectly answered that fall by the American invasion of Canada.

Learn more about Phelps’ letter (object ID MS.6007) on the Ticonderoga Online Collections database: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/30210
Rewatch the livestream of the 250th Anniversary of the first American victory of the American Revolution: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga! 

Just weeks after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a small American force led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold launched a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga. The British garrison surrendered without a fight. The capture gave the Americans much needed artillery, which were transported to Boston by Henry Knox that winter and used to drive the British out of the city in 1776.

During the vignette, watch as Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and the Green Mountain Boys rush out of the night with patriotic shouts and the war cry of “No Quarter!” See this remote British garrison surprised, asleep with their families in the quarters. Listen as British officers try to buy time and attempt to negotiate a peaceful surrender with the famous and infamous Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen. *Livestreaming began at 8pm, fast forward to 46:00 to begin the vignette with a performance by the Fort Ticonderoga Fife & Drum.

WATCH THE EVENING VIGNETTE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYVxR6dv9I

Immerse yourself in the events leading up to May 10, 1775, with our REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ playlist on YouTube. Experience the historic drama through high definition 4K videos, including The Race to Ticonderoga and The Expedition to Ticonderoga, which bring to life the daring strategies of Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and the Green Mountain Boys. This curated series offers a vivid portrayal of the moments that set the stage for America's first offensive victory. 

🎥 Dive into history now with the REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt3625dFL4hkdGP8mJJp23wNsyB5zoXwF
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Remember the sacrifices of fallen American soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga this Memorial Day Weekend May 24-25, 2025 and discover how the American Army in 1775 defended liberty at this iconic site. 

Join a hive of activity as newly drafted American soldiers ply their civilian trades and help rebuild this military outpost. Throughout the weekend, visitors will witness the labor of liberty as Fort Ticonderoga staff portraying New England militia bring to life this defining story through military drill, weapon demonstrations, historic trades, hauling timber with oxen and repairing the fort they just arrived at. 

Learn more: https://fortticonderoga.org/news/remember-the-sacrifices-of-fallen-american-soldiers-at-fort-ticonderoga-this-memorial-day-weekend-may-24-25-2025/
On this day 250 years ago—May 12, 1775—Ethan Allen was in command at Fort Ticonderoga, but few people knew it. News of major events could move quickly through the colonies on horseback, but without intentional coordination it often moved slowly, especially in sparsely populated regions like the Champlain Valley. By the time Allen sat down on May 12, two days after capturing the fort, to write this letter to Connecticut governor Jonathan Trumbull, Trumbull had no idea that the plan his government had authorized was such a success.

Allen opens his letter grandly, telling Trumbull, “I make you a Present of a Major a Captain and Two Lieuts in the regular Establishment of George the Third”. This “Present” included Captain William Delaplace, former British commander of Ticonderoga, and Major Andrew Skene, who had been captured at his father Philip’s estate at Skenesborough at the south end of Lake Champlain. Allen hopes that his prisoners will be useful “as ransoms for some of our Friends at Boston”. 

Major Skene was not the most important prize gained from the capture of Skenesborough. The party that took Skenesborough also captured Philip Skene’s schooner, and Allen had plans for it. “I Expect in Ten days Time to have it rigged man’d and arm’d with 6 or 8 Pieces of Canon… I Purpose to make an Attack on the arm’d sloop of George the Third which is Now Crusing on Lake Champlain… I Hope in a Short Time to be authorised to acquaint your Honour that Lake Champlain & the fortifications thereon are subjected to the Colonies.” 

While capturing Ticonderoga was a victory, keeping control of it would be a more difficult task. Outfitting a fleet of American ships to gain naval control of Lake Champlain was an important step. Reinforcements were also needed, and Allen writes, “I Depend upon Your Honours Aid and Assistance in a Situation so Contiguous to Canada”. Allen signs himself “at Present Commander of Ticonda[roga]”. At that moment, Ticonderoga was in his hands, but the real work to keep it was just beginning. 

View the Allen letter (object ID MS.1933) on the Ticonderoga Online Collections database: https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/archives/29970
Continuing our commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga we were joined today by the Vermont Air National Guard 134th Fighter Squadron "The Green Mountain Boys" who proudly keep alive the spirit of the Green Mountain Boys who fought in the American Revolution. #America250 #F35 #fighterjets