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Aerial view of
Fort Ticonderoga, built by the French beginning in 1755. |
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Suit of clothing worn in the royal courts by Michel
Chartier de Lotbinière, the Canadian-born engineer who designed Fort
Carillon (Ticonderoga). |
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An American howitzer. Fort Ticonderoga preserves the
largest collection of 18th-century artillery in North America. |
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American troops, including Noah Allen from Massachusetts,
defended the narrow “pass” on Lake Champlain in 1776-1777.
This
is Allen’s canteen. |
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Col. Henry Knox organized the “Noble Train of
Artillery,” some 59 cannon hauled from Ticonderoga (in the distance) to
Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. |
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This British map depicts the Carillon Battlefield where the British
suffered grievous defeat by the French under the command of the Marquis de
Montcalm on 8 July 1758. |
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