There is a wide variety of exhibits in the museum galleries at Fort Ticonderoga. I especially enjoyed seeing a variety of powder horns, ancient blades, and muskets . The French toy soldiers were intriguing. The body armor, the cannon balls, and other items kept my attention, as well. It is always a mystery as to how some items must have been used in reality - whether they were used on the battlefield, whether they were involved with any violence or gore. We learn about more than war in a museum like this, as we stretch ourselves to understand the lock of hair from General Howe kept in a pin or the skull and crossed bones molded into an 18th century headpiece to be worn in uniform. I even spent some time with the letter written by the Marquis de Montcalm to his wife. There are, of course, those iconic pieces: the cannon displayed with signage that explains their significance. One was involved in the "greatest naval defeat until Pearl Harbor" and an event that resulted in the court marshal of Paul Revere. The other broke through the ice and sank in the Mohawk River as Henry Knox transported it, and others to help the Patriot cause in the Revolution. The modern history at Fort Ticonderoga spans the 17th, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, and today. The French and Indian War and the American Revolution are just the beginning; soon come the War of 1812, World War I, the preservation of the fort, and the continuing restoration. An exhibit that may surprise guests rests in one of the upper levels of the galleries. Here sit relics from the USS Ticonderoga, an aircraft carrier that served the United States during World War II. | |
It would be easy for the folks at Fort Ticonderoga to perpetuate a lie: they could easily allow guests to go on believing that this great stone fort was originally built as a great stone fort, and they could easily brag about the perfectly defensive design of the walls, but they do not. Instead, they tell the truth about the reconstruction of the walls as stone instead of the original wood, and they give accounts of the mistakes in design that make this fort less than perfect. This, too, must be a part of our experience at Fort Ticonderoga, and rather than simply accept what we see, we accept that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Read more about this unique experience on my Fort Ticonderoga page.
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