Fort Ticonderoga Unlocks Real Time Revolution® War Drama with Epic Winter Program Lineup
Step back 250 years into the heart of the American Revolution this winter! Fort Ticonderoga is rolling out its “Winter Quarters” season (through April) with a powerhouse lineup of immersive living history events, virtual programming, premium behind-the-scenes tours, and hands-on workshops, all under the banner of its multi-year REAL TIME REVOLUTION® 250th commemoration. Winter Quarters […]
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event Focuses on the “Frozen Front” of the American War in the Winter of 1776
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 […]
The Education of Henry Knox
There is no Revolutionary hero so connected with books as Henry Knox. A bookseller before the war, he is indelibly associated with the printed word’s relationship to military practice. This is ironic though, as Knox lacked virtually any formal military training or education. The popular image, and one perpetuated in subsequent histories, of the young […]
A Noble Train?
Today, we often refer to Henry Knox’s expedition to bring guns from Ticonderoga to Washington’s army in Boston as the “Noble Train.” Nowadays reading the word “train” conjures up images of a locomotive, or at the very least a strung out line of moving vehicles or things. But this is misleading. Isolating the words “noble […]
Fort Ticonderoga Brings History Home in a One-Time Only Virtual Learning Program, Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the “Noble Train of Artillery”
On December 5th, the date of Henry Knox’s historic 1775 arrival at Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Ticonderoga will present a one-of-a-kind in-person and virtual program, “Ticonderoga’s Treasures: Knox Edition.” This afternoon event will feature archival texts, rare Revolutionary-era books, prints and actual artifacts only found at Fort Ticonderoga, dating back to the 1775 journey that changed […]
What’s In a Name?
Mr., Esquire, Colonel, General, Secretary… Henry Knox was known by many titles over his life, but what he was called during his monumental expedition to Ticonderoga can be a bit confusing. That is because how Knox was addressed was changing as his journey to and from Ticonderoga was underway. Prior to November of 1775, Henry […]
Fort Ticonderoga Sites Featured in Ken Burns’ “THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION” Premiering This Sunday on PBS
Much-anticipated documentary series explores the fight for independence and nation’s founding The visual grandeur of Fort Ticonderoga will be showcased to millions of viewers across the United States this Sunday, when documentarian Ken Burns’ highly-anticipated new series “The American Revolution” premieres November 16 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS. Fort Ticonderoga’s nationally recognized historic interpretive […]
One Month Countdown to the 250th Anniversary of the Historic Noble Train of Artillery Beginning at Fort Ticonderoga
“Noble Train Begins” commemorates the transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to General Washington’s army that ultimately drove the British from Boston Beginning on December 5 and running through December 7, Fort Ticonderoga will celebrate the 250th anniversary of one of the most ambitious and successful military operations of the American Revolution. Henry Knox’s expedition […]
Fort Ticonderoga Unlocks Real Time Revolution® War Drama with Epic Winter Programs
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 […]
TWO MONTHS AWAY – The Weekend of December 6, Fort Ticonderoga to Reenact Historic Delivery of Cannon to George Washington at Boston
In December 1775, desperate to defeat the British at Boston, General George Washington turned to a new source of military power: Fort Ticonderoga and its recent springtime capture of British-controlled cannon, mortars and howitzers. Now 250 years later on December 6 and 7, modern-day reenactors will meticulously recreate the first leg of the historic journey […]