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Discover how the American Army in 1775 defended liberty at this iconic site

Ticonderoga, NY - Fort Ticonderoga will pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives during the American Revolution. During this REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ event, experience all aspects of the life for American citizen-soldiers in 1775, from their weapons to their rations, and learn about what they believed would come from their sacrifice in the name of liberty. Special living history programs and demonstrations will be presented throughout Memorial Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25, 2025.

Annual World War II encampment and military displays

Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25, 2025 on the Roosevelt Library Great Lawn

Hyde Park, N.Y. - To commemorate Memorial Day Weekend, on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25, 2025, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and The Duffle Bag (of Patterson, New York) will present a weekend of historic military displays and a World War II encampment on the Library’s Great Lawn. Reenactors in battle dress will be on hand to share their love of history with the visiting public. Collections of military uniforms, weapons, insignia from 1917 to the present day, and military vehicles -- including a Sherman Tank -- will be on display. This is a free, public event.

Fort Ticonderoga Offers New Experiences and Multi-Day Visit in 2025 Offering access to 2000-acres of Historic Adventure, Boat Tours, Breathtaking Gardens, Family Programs, New Exhibits, and More!

This must-see destination open Tuesday-Sunday May 3-October 26, 2025 will present an opening-weekend event May 3-4

Ticonderoga, N.Y. -  Experience the blend of history and natural beauty like nowhere else when you visit Fort Ticonderoga! Explore 2000-acres of America’s most historic landscape, located on the shores of Lake Champlain, nestled between New York’s Adirondack & Vermont’s Green Mountains. Create lasting memories as you embark on an unforgettable adventure that spans centuries, defined a continent, and helped forge a nation.

Staatsburg, N.Y. (4/15/25) — Staatsburgh State Historic Site is offering free guided landscape walks on the Gilded Age estate’s beautiful grounds overlooking the Hudson River. The program, “What You See… and What You Don’t See,” will be offered on Saturdays, May 10 & 17 at 10:00 a.m. Advanced reservations are required at www.Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.

Staatsburg, N.Y.  — Explore the upstairs/downstairs world of the Gilded Age this March at Staatsburgh State Historic Site. Perhaps you align yourself with the likes of the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey or Bertha Russel from HBO’s The Gilded Age. Or you identify more with the working-class servants downstairs in the grand Gilded Age mansions. Staatsburgh’s popular “The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era” and “A Life in Service” theme tours, offered this March, will explore two separate topics of Gilded Age history.

Free Online Program on the Birth of a Black Community within the Historic Hamlet of Staatsburg

Staatsburgh, N.Y.  (1/15/25) — DeWitt the soldier. Helen the activist. Robert the freedom-seeker. Ivy the immigrant. What did the Gilded Age mean to these, and other, Black citizens of the Staatsburg village, beyond the walls of the Mills estate, Staatsburgh?…

Newburgh, NY (February 4, 2025) - Come to Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site and help us celebrate George Washington’s Birthday!!! The three-day event will be held February 15^th, 16^th and 17^th, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm each day. Admission is free for all three days, though donations are welcomed.

Yonkers, N.Y.  — Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is pleased to present a President’s Day Revolutionary Walking Tour for the general public on Monday, February 17, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. This free, family-friendly tour will include the sites of many important Revolutionary War events that occurred in downtown Yonkers.

Youngstown, N.Y. – On Saturday, February 15, Old Fort Niagara invites visitors to discover how people in colonial times survived and thrived during the winter months. Winter Warriors is an interactive living history program that teaches visitors valuable winter survival skills, such as how to build a campfire using flint and steel, construct a brush shelter, trek over the snow using snowshoes and employ natural fibers like wool to keep warm.

Americana Corner grant allows Fort Ticonderoga to tell signature 250^th stories

Ticonderoga, N.Y. - Fort Ticonderoga is thrilled to announce a five-year expansion of our weapons demonstrations and signature living history events through the Guns for Ticonderoga project funded by Americana Corner. 

Thanks to the generous support of Americana Corner, Fort Ticonderoga has embarked on recreating two complete American artillery pieces with cannon, carriages, inert reproduction ammunition, and the implements Continental Army artillerymen employed with these guns.