Get The Fever at The Fort: Soldiers of Color at Ticonderoga for Black History Month
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This Sunday (February 11), Fort Ticonderoga’s “Fort Fever Series” continues at 2 pm with a program about the diversity of soldiers who fought at Ticonderoga. The presentation examine's how attitudes about soldiers of color varied dramatically within the numerous armies and empires that held Ticonderoga. This program is part of the National Black History Month celebration.
More from Fort Ti:
“The great campaigns of the French & Indian War and Revolutionary War have frequently been envisioned with long battle lines of soldiers as equally white as they were uniform. However, small, but significant numbers of African or African-American soldiers appear in nearly every army that came to Ticonderoga. Differences between the French army and Canadian irregulars or between states of the new United States also played out in different attitudes about soldiers of color in the ranks. Events like the 1757 massacre at Fort William Henry revealed Canadian involvement in the captive and transatlantic slave trade. The presence of African-American soldiers among New England regiments at Ticonderoga was deeply resented by other American officers. Even as the American Army faced a vast British Army in 1777, the removal of these African-American soldiers from the ranks was considered a priority by many officers”
Tickets are $12 per person and can be purchased at the door; Fort Ticonderoga Members and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass holders are admitted free of cost. The program will take place in the Mars Education Center.
Mark Piper Performance Rescheduled For Friday
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Head on over to Madden's Pub in Ti this Friday to catch Mark on his Cigar Box guitar. Stay safe out there.
Schroon's Huge Buzzer Beater Win 50 - 48 Over Willsboro
/Folks are talking up the huge buzzer beater win by Schroon Lake over Willsboro last Friday. In this amazing video, you will see the game winning shot and the crowd reaction, as fans rush to celebrate the victory and congratulate Colin, on a shot he will remember for a lifetime.
Louise Higgens sums up the feelings of many who were there:
“It was such an exciting night!! Well done kiddos with the cheer leading, the school students cheering, the many decorated signs and of course Mr. Tracy and the SLSC band!!!.... Phew.... what an emotional and successful Senior Sendoff night!! Fantastic, well done all of you !!!!”
Go Wildcats!
