250 Years Later, Fort Ticonderoga Commemorates the 1776 Stand That Kept the American Revolution Alive
Three months after the Declaration of Independence was read to American troops at Ticonderoga, the soldiers who heard it were called on to defend the new United States. This October marks 250 years since that army turned back a British invasion from Canada and carried the American Revolution into another year. Fort Ticonderoga will commemorate […]
Where the Revolution Was Won: Fort Ticonderoga Awarded Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Grant to Expand the Northern Department for America’s 250th Funding Advances New Digital Content, K-12 Education, and a Battle of Valcour 250th Conference While Promoting the Hudson Champlain Corridor as a Multi-Day Heritage Destination
As America marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, Fort Ticonderoga today announced it has been awarded a Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) grant, administered by the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program with support from the National Park Service, to advance the next phase of its Northern Department heritage initiative. The funding will […]
Hold the Line for Liberty: Fort Ticonderoga Marks the 250th Anniversary of the Stand That Kept the Revolution Alive
On October 24 and 25, Fort Ticonderoga will mark the 250th anniversary of one of the most consequential and least told American victories of the Revolution: the October 1776 stand at Ticonderoga that turned back a British invasion from Canada and carried the fight for independence into 1777. The two-day event, Hold the Line for […]
Fort Ticonderoga Brings the American Revolution to Life This Fall with REAL TIME REVOLUTION®
Two hundred fifty years ago, soldiers looked across the hills surrounding Ticonderoga as brilliant autumn color gave way to uncertainty. Winter was approaching, British forces were on Lake Champlain, and the struggle for American independence hung in the balance. The decisions made at Ticonderoga helped give the Revolution the time it needed to survive. Today, […]
Fort Ticonderoga Celebrates Fall with the Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2026
Fort Ticonderoga, surrounded by magnificent autumn backdrops of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains, will present the Annual Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2026. A full day of autumn fun will be set amidst the fall flowers of the King’s Garden, a heritage apple orchard, and the beautiful landscape along Lake Champlain. […]
Fort Ticonderoga’s Heroic Corn Maze Named a Winner in the 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice for Best Corn Maze in America
Fort Ticonderoga’s Heroic Corn Maze has been named a winner in the 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice for Best Corn Maze. There are hundreds of corn mazes across the nation, and Fort Ticonderoga — nominated by an expert panel — is one of the most exemplary, both for the quality of the maze and […]
Fort Ticonderoga Welcomes Three New Trustees as Institution Reaches Record Season
Fort Ticonderoga has elected three new members to its Board of Trustees: Mike Konzen, Chairman of PGAV and one of the most recognized figures in the global destination and attractions industry; James F. Sefcik, Sr., retired director of the Louisiana State Museum and a historian of the American Revolution; and Christie L. McEvoy-Derrico, an attorney […]
What Remains of Anthony Marsh: A Post-Mortem Inventory
Anthony Marsh was one of the many soldiers who marched to Fort Ticonderoga and never came home. Two and a half centuries later, we know very little about Marsh. We know that on January 15, 1776 he enlisted as a private in Captain Silas Wild’s company of Colonel Edmund Phinney’s 18th Continental Regiment from Massachusetts. We know that he marched 70 miles […]
Josiah Blood Sends for Help, and for Honey
By September 1776, some of the dangers of the campaign season had subsided for the garrison at Fort Ticonderoga. The number of smallpox cases dropped, and the British army was still 100 miles away. But soldiers who served at Ticonderoga, like Josiah Blood, were still risking their lives. Blood was likely one of the oldest soldiers at Ticonderoga. A resident of Hollis, NH, he was around […]
Visitors Pick Up the Tools of 1776 as the Revolution Unfolds in Real Time at Fort Ticonderoga
September 19–20 REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Event, “Lodging as the Nature of the Campaign will Admit,” invites visitors to build alongside Continental soldiers racing winter and a British advance The fight for independence is unfolding in real time at Fort Ticonderoga, and on September 19 and 20 visitors can take part in it. During the […]