BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240725T203000Z DTEND:20240725T213000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:THM Pencil Sculpture Dedication DESCRIPTION:THM Pencil Sculpture Dedication\n\nThe Ticonderoga Heritage Museum & Visitor Center will hold a dedication ceremony for its new Pencil Sculpture on July 25\, 2024\, at 4:30 PM in front of the Museum at 137 Montcalm Street near the entrance to Percy Thompson Bicentennial Park in Ticonderoga.\n\n \n\nThe mission of the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum is to advance the awareness and appreciation of the industrial history of Ticonderoga through preservation and interpretation. The sculpture significantly aids in the advancement of this mission as it symbolizes a part of Ticonderoga's industrial heritage. It is composed of six Dixon Ticonderoga No.2 yellow pencils in a conical style circular arrangement\, and is the work of artist and designer Chris Sharp\, fabricated by Richard Bertsche\, and painted by A&S Customs Autobody & Repair and Ron Pritt with generous funding donated by Denise Huestis\, a former Museum Trustee and continuing supporter of the Heritage Museum. American Graphite\, once a thriving business here\, mined and refined the graphite which went into the production of these pencils\, and which gave them their still famous name. This sculpture is intended to memorialize this important piece of Ticonderoga's industrial heritage.\n\n \n\nFollowing the approximate 30-minute ceremony\, the museum will be open for light refreshments and for all to view the exhibits which illustrate Ticonderoga's industrial history along La Chute River. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

THM Pencil Sculpture Dedication
\nThe Ticonderoga Heritage Museum &\; Visitor Center will hold a dedication ceremony for its new Pencil Sculpture on July 25\, 2024\, at 4:30 PM in front of the Museum at 137 Montcalm Street near the entrance to Percy Thompson Bicentennial Park in Ticonderoga.
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\nThe mission of the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum is to advance the awareness and appreciation of the industrial history of Ticonderoga through preservation and interpretation. The sculpture significantly aids in the advancement of this mission as it symbolizes a part of Ticonderoga&rsquo\;s industrial heritage. It is composed of six Dixon Ticonderoga No.2 yellow pencils in a conical style circular arrangement\, and is the work of artist and designer Chris Sharp\, fabricated by Richard Bertsche\, and painted by A&\;S Customs Autobody &\; Repair and Ron Pritt with generous funding donated by Denise Huestis\, a former Museum Trustee and continuing supporter of the Heritage Museum. American Graphite\, once a thriving business here\, mined and refined the graphite which went into the production of these pencils\, and which gave them their still famous name. This sculpture is intended to memorialize this important piece of Ticonderoga&rsquo\;s industrial heritage.
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\nFollowing the approximate 30-minute ceremony\, the museum will be open for light refreshments and for all to view the exhibits which illustrate Ticonderoga&rsquo\;s industrial history along La Chute River.

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