Join Fort Ticonderoga as we introduce the 2024 daily visitation season with a lively two-day living history event For the Good of the King’s Service on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 & 5.
Fort Ticonderoga kicks off REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ with a full-scale recreation of its British Garrison, 250 years to the day back in 1774. Discover daily life for British soldiers and their families in 1774, with activities including gardening, shoemaking, tailoring, and boatbuilding.
“See British soldiers in action, practicing their marksmanship with muskets and skill with cannons during thrilling weapons demonstrations. Watch soldiers building fortifications and carefully joining building frames,” said Stuart Lilie, Fort Ticonderoga Vice President of Public History. “Explore the important role that families played in peacetime garrison life at this British fort. Discover the story and Ticonderoga’s many other epic chapters through new programs, guided tours, exhibits, gardens, soldiers’ life programs, the Mount Defiance experience, family activities, and more.”
“Even with a captain’s guard, Fort Ticonderoga’s armament and soldiers proclaimed British colonial power in 1774, ensuring its critical chapters in the Revolutionary War,” said Beth L. Hill, Fort Ticonderoga president & CEO. “This living history event captures British military might at Ticonderoga before the Revolution and sets the stage for the 2024 daily visitation at Fort Ticonderoga.”
This living history event introduces the 2024 Campaign Season of 1774. Fort Ticonderoga & Mount Defiance are OPEN Tues-Sun May 4-October 27 from 9:30am to 5pm (last ticket sold at 4:30pm). BUY TICKETS!
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 $12 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. 2024 All Rights Reserved.