Saturday Jan 30, 2021
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST
This is a virtual program.
For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/FortTiconderoga/
Join Fort Ticonderoga on Facebook and meet American provincial soldiers who were eager to go home at the end of the 1759 campaign. With Ticonderoga and Crown Point captured, these American soldiers worked alongside British regulars to ready Fort Ticonderoga for winter and the following season’s advance into the heart of New France. Witness how the soldiers in 1759 dealt with the harsh winter realities on the northern frontier.
All programs are FREE and will be featured on Fort Ticonderoga’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FortTiconderoga/ starting at the listed times:
11:00 am -- Timber!
In the fall and winter of 1759, the British Army worked to rebuild Fort Ticonderoga. Watch each swing of the axe and each pass of the saw as New England soldiers gather the needed timber to rebuild the fort.
1:00 pm -- The Long Haul with Oxen
Witness the power of oxen! See Red Devon Oxen, a common 18th century New England breed, in action as they haul logs from the woods just like in 1759.
2:00 pm -- Hewing Beams
Watch as provincial soldiers snap a line and carefully cut with their axes to hew round logs into usable square beams.
3:00 pm -- Framing British Ticonderoga
In 1759, skilled carpenters among provincial soldiers carefully cut joints to connect hewn timber into the frames of new buildings. Watch as we peg in-place mortise and tenon joints, creating a timber frame.
4:00 pm -- “A road to be marked and cut…may be come known to and frequented by the people of New England”
General Jeffrey Amherst agreed to let New England provincial soldiers return home at the end of 1759 on the condition that they built a road to get there. Discover how this military road over the Green Mountains set the stage for Vermont, the Revolutionary War in the Champlain Valley, and remains a part of our geography today.
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94 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 – (518) 585-6619 – chamberinfo@ticonderogany.com