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The Fort Ticonderoga Association Receives a 2026 Preserve New York Arts + Culture: Support for Pre-Construction Studies Grant
The Preservation League of NYS and the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to announce that The Fort Ticonderoga Association has received a 2026 Preserve New York Arts + Culture: Support for Pre-Construction Studies grant. This $20,000 grant will fund a…
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Fort Ticonderoga Features Immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event November 7th
Join Fort Ticonderoga for a one-day REAL TIME REVOLUTION® living history event on Saturday, November 7th to salute veterans service in the defense of the United States, beginning with the citizen-soldiers of 1776. Visitors will step into Fort Ticonderoga as it appeared 250 years…
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“We May Turn the Tables”: General Arthur St. Clair Waits for a Fight
After news of the Battle of Valcour Island reached Fort Ticonderoga, soldiers worked to strengthen the fortifications and waited for the arrival of the British, which they assumed was imminent. On October 25, 1776—250 years ago today, and two weeks after Valcour—they were still…
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Hourly Expecting the Enemy: Lieutenant Edmund Munro Writes Home Again
By October 20, 1776—250 years ago today—Lieutenant Edmund Munro of the Massachusetts militia had been stationed at Fort Ticonderoga for just over two months. During that time he had endured miserably wet weather, evaded camp illnesses that sickened and killed his fellow soldiers…
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“I Shall Not Tire of This Country”: A Cheerful British Officer in Valcour’s Wake
In the wake of the Battle of Valcour Island, Fort Ticonderoga was alive with activity and tension. With the destruction of the American fleet on Lake Champlain clearing the way for the British to sail south, an attack was expected imminently. The garrison worked to improve the…
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“I Am in Sincerity Your Own”: Ebenezer Smith Writes Again
On October 7, 1776, as the garrison at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence worked to fortify the site, Massachusetts militia officer Ebenezer Smith wrote a letter to his wife Sarah: “I have one Minut to Write, Which I Gladly Improve”. Events moved quickly over the next ten…
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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…
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In Valcour’s Wake, General Gates Prepares for the Next Fight
On October 13, 1776, as news of the Battle of Valcour Island began to arrive at Fort Ticonderoga, General Horatio Gates waited impatiently for Dr. Jonathan Potts. Gates had ordered Potts, director of the military hospital 40 miles south at Fort George, to travel to Ticonderoga…
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Where’s Dr. Stringer? The Long, Strange Journey of the Northern Department’s Hospital Director
By October 1776, the Hospital Department in northern New York had survived a challenging summer, curbing smallpox in the army and treating soldiers for a wide variety of illnesses. More challenges awaited. Medicine and medical supplies were scarce enough that Dr. Jonathan Potts,…
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Preparation and Pot Herbs: General Gates Plans for a Fight and for Dinner
General Horatio Gates had a lot on his plate in October 1776. As commander of Fort Ticonderoga, he had a dizzying array of responsibilities. He oversaw the construction of defensive works as the fort prepared for a possible attack from the British army in Canada. He worked to…