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Beneath Fortress Walls
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDTJuly 15, 29 and August 12, 26 / 5:00 pm ? 6:30 pm
Location
Fort Ticonderoga
Fees/Admission
$35 per person
Website
Description
Over 250 years ago French soldiers dug, chiseled, and blasted their way into the very rock of the Ticonderoga peninsula to create a fortress to defend New France. Within just a few decades from those first hammer blows New France had fallen a new nation was created and Fort Ticonderoga had fallen into ruin. When it was restored in the early 1900s much of what remained from the original fort was entombed beneath the reconstructed walls. This tour will go underneath and inside the fort to visit these areas, off limits to the general public, to see the handiwork of French masons and soldiers who toiled here two centuries ago. Join Matthew Keagle, Curator of Collections, on a guided tour beneath the walls and into the ground to explore how Fort Ticonderoga was built, and re-built, and how these spaces now support the modern museum. Call 518-585-2821 to make a reservation.
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