Saturday, April 25, 2026 | 10:00am to 2:00pm ET
Join us for this free virtual institute as we explore for the 250th anniversary of the Continental Army’s invasion of Canada from August 1775 to June 1776.
Schedule:
10:00-10:05am Introductions
10:05-10:45am “The Invasion of Canada, August 1775-June 1776”—Dr. Michael Gabriel, Kutztown University, provides an overview of the Canadian Invasion, from it’s launch in August 1775 to its collapse in June 1776.
10:45-11:30am Making Connections: Exploring the Invasion of Canada through the Ticonderoga Collections— Dr. Matthew Keagle, Curator at Fort Ticonderoga, highlights manuscripts, maps, and objects from the collection highlighting the story of the invasion of Canada in 1775-1776.
11:30-11:50am “The Ticonderoga Soldiers Project”—Kate Tardiff, Archivist at Fort Ticonderoga, introduces this project documenting the soldiers at Ticonderoga during the American Revolution.
11:50-12:15pm—Lunch Break
12:15-1:15pm Smallpox, the Continental Army, and the Collapse of the Canadian Invasion—Dr. Andrew Wehrman, Central Michigan University, discusses the smallpox epidemic that coincided with the American Revolution and its tragic impact on the Continental Army in Canada and beyond.
1:15-2:00pm “REAL TIME REVOLUTION: Telling the Stories of the Canadian Invasion in the Classroom”—Tim Potts from SUNY New Paltz and Rich Strum from Fort Ticonderoga model strategies for using primary sources and artifacts in the social studies classroom.
This virtual teacher institute is free for educators, but participants must pre-register. Providing your school’s name and location is greatly appreciated.
This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States National Park Service (NPS) under assistance agreement (P25AC01705-00) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program.