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Defiance & Independence Re-enactment
Date and Time
Saturday Jul 19, 2014 Sunday Jul 20, 2014
July 19 & 20, 2014
Location
Fort Ticonderoga
Contact Information
Fort Ticonderoga
Defiance & Independence Re-enactment
Description
Defiance & Independence Re-enactment of General Burgoyne’s capture of Fort Ticonderoga in
1777
Reprieved from a siege in 1776 by the onset of winter, the twin Forts Ticonderoga and
Independence faced General John Burgoyne’s northern army of British, Loyalist, and German
soldiers in July, 1777. General St. Clair’s rearguard of Massachusetts and New Hampshire regulars
and militia put up a vigorous defense, skirmishing in the plain around Ticonderoga. Artillery
batteries built into the old French Lines seemed to keep the British army at bay. Concealed by
forest cover on the back slope of Mount Defiance, British cannon were dragged to the summit. By
July 6th British cannon high up on Mount Defiance, aimed at the pontoon bridge between the two
Forts, forced the withdrawal of General St. Clair’s rearguard into the New Hampshire Grants
(Vermont). In this living history event we re-enact the key aspects of this battle of position and
maneuver around the Continental fortifications at Ticonderoga.
Contact the Chamber
Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce
94 Montcalm Street, Suite 1
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Phone: 518-585-6619
Fax: 518-585-9184
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