Independence Day Weekend at Fort Ticonderoga
Date and Time
Friday Jul 4, 2014 Sunday Jul 6, 2014
July 4-6, 2014
Location
Fort Ticonderoga
Contact Information
Fort Ticonderoga
Independence Day Weekend at Fort Tico...
Description
Independence Day Weekend – 1776 at Fort Ticonderoga
Celebrate independence by exploring one of the greatest triumphs of 1776! Sick, weary, and tired,
the remnants of the American Northern Army streamed back from Canada to Ticonderoga. General
Horatio Gates, their newly-appointed commander, quickly sprung into action reorganizing,
resupplying, and restoring the discipline of America’s northern defense. Gates put soldiers from
New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to work building earthworks all around the
old Fort of Ticonderoga and constructing a navy to defend Lake Champlain. All weekend long,
meet the soldiers of the Northern Department of the Continental Army and their hive of military
preparations at Ticonderoga in 1776. Watch artificers in action in public store busily working to
resupply soldiers with clothing and equipment. Watch as these soldiers work to get cannons,
ammunition, and themselves ready to meet the British army. Watch rations cooked, logs hewn, and
the fort’s 1776 restoration in action
Printed courtesy of www.ticonderogany.com – Contact the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce for more information.
94 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 – (518) 585-6619 – chamberinfo@ticonderogany.com