Our Own Band of Brothers
Early in the morning on the 16th of December 1944 Hitler launched a vast counter-attacked against the Allies with more than 200,000...
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tihistory1764
Mar 10, 20196 min read
Ruth L. Wood: Proud to be a U.S. Marine
The month of March has been designated as national “Women’s History Month.” This year the Ticonderoga Historical Society continues a four...
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tihistory1764
Feb 17, 20191 min read
350th Champlain Anniversary Celebration Photo Collection 1
During 1959 the Adirondacks and the Lakes Champlain and George region commemorated the 350th Anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s 1609...
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tihistory1764
Jan 6, 20194 min read
First Child
Elizabeth Stoughton, born 27 November 1766, was the daughter of John and Ruth Belden Stoughton. Her father, John, was a Lieutenant in one...
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tihistory1764
Sep 28, 20184 min read
Highlander’s War Dance
Two hundred and sixty years ago arguably one of the most significant French and Indian War era events occurred here at Ticonderoga. As...
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tihistory1764
Apr 15, 20183 min read
Hancock House Door
The Ticonderoga Historical Society receives a number of inquires on a variety of subjects. A few months ago we received an email from...
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tihistory1764
Feb 3, 20186 min read
The Williams’ Beaufatt
As a house museum the Ticonderoga Historical Society is fortunate to a have in its furniture collection a nice selection of period...
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tihistory1764
Jul 25, 20174 min read
Collection Conservation
Founded in 1897 and chartered by the New York State Regents in 1909, the Ticonderoga Historical Society advances the preservation and...
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tihistory1764
Apr 13, 20176 min read
Votes for Women New Exhibit
On Friday, April 7th we opened our 2017 program season with “Votes for Women.” This program and a related exhibit was curated by Diane...
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tihistory1764
Dec 18, 20168 min read
Early Days of Ticonderoga and the Flint Family
This writer in an attempt to review and organize a bit of the stored material accumulated over the last several decades in my attic...
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tihistory1764
Oct 15, 20162 min read
Roger’s Rangers Digitization Grant Award
Ticonderoga Historical Society Receives Grant for Digitization Project The Ticonderoga Historical Society has been awarded a $10,000...
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tihistory1764
Oct 10, 20167 min read
School Days
A few years ago we wrote a two-part article on the history of the Ticonderoga Schools as recorded by George Burroughs. Both of those...
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tihistory1764
Sep 11, 20161 min read
Searching Through History #1
The Society recently was donated a collection of several photograph albums and scrapbooks from the family of Juanita “Wanny” Varmette who...
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tihistory1764
Feb 28, 20166 min read
I Remember Chestnuts
Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of...
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tihistory1764
Feb 21, 201611 min read
Ticonderoga’s Old Roads
Here in Ticonderoga we may say with truth that we are still using one of America’s oldest roads. The carry from Lake George to the...
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tihistory1764
May 10, 20159 min read
Captured, the Fortress of America!!
Today we we commemorate the 240th anniversary of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10th 1775. Just a few weeks after the battles at...
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tihistory1764
Feb 9, 20142 min read
Ti Welcomes the 1980 Olympic Torch
Our Adironack winters were twice brighten by the modern Winter Olympic craze, first in 1932 and then in 1980. Lake Placid being the...
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tihistory1764
Feb 1, 20149 min read
Ticonderoga’s Indian Pageant, A Historical Account
The following undated personal narrative, authored by Arthur A. Carr, speaks to his remembrance in the birth and development of the...
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tihistory1764
Oct 6, 20131 min read
Original Kleffel Art Work Donated
Stephen and Robert Pell Dechame recently donated a orginal art work by Theodore H. Kleffel to the Ticonderoga Historical Society in...
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