Tuesday, 28 January 2014

"A Day Longer in the Field: Provincial Soldiers Guard and Rebuild Fort Ticonderoga"

Living History Event: Feb 15-16, 2014. 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 along side British regulars to ready Fort Ticonderoga for winter and the following season's advance into the heart of New France. Watch period carpentry and soldiers cooking, and witness how the soldiers in 1759 dealt with the harsh winter realities on the northern frontier. http://www.fortticonderoga.org/learn/...

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