In the Footsteps of Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and John Brown: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – September 20, 2024

Friday, September 20, 2024 (8am to 5pm)

Led by: Jim Rowe and Bruce Venter

Departure: Fort Ticonderoga parking lot

Tour Registration: $150.00

America’s History, LLC will again partner with Fort Ticonderoga to offer a one-day Revolutionary War bus tour.

After leaving Fort Ticonderoga, our tour will start in Bennington, Vermont. On the way to the headquarters of the “Bennington Mob” otherwise known as the Green Mountain Boys we’ll discuss the major characters we’ll meet on today’s tour. Background on the Hampshire Grants dispute, between the settlers led by Ethan Allen and New York officials, will set the stage for what happens on May 10, 1775. In Bennington, we’ll see several landmark sites associated with Ethan Allen like the Catamount Tavern, as the plot to capture Fort Ticonderoga unfolds.

From Bennington we’ll trace the march of the Green Mountain Boys through the towns and villages in what was called the “Hampshire Grants” at the time. At this point, Benedict Arnold will enter the story as he catches up to the Green Mountain Boys in Castleton. A highlight of the tour should be Hand’s Cove, the jump off spot for Allen, Arnold and the “Boys” on Lake Champlain. It is on private property but America’s History expects to make special arrangements for you to walk to this historic location. We will then cross to the New York side of the lake at Crown Point to tell the story of Seth Warner’s capture of this British installation a day after Ticonderoga fell to the Green Mountain Boys. Then we’ll catch up to Allen and Arnold’s attack on Fort Ticonderoga which included the patriotic services of a Pittsfield lawyer named John Brown. We’ll make the attack on the fort and cover all the stories related to the capture of the fort, some real, some myth. We will also clear up many mistaken notions about why the fort was a target, who was in charge of the attack and what happened after the fort capitulated. We’ll be at Ticonderoga in time for the opening program of this year’s American Revolution Seminar.

What’s Included: Motor coach transportation, lunch, snack and beverage breaks, Lynne’s world-famous brownies, all admissions and gratuities, a map package and the services of two experienced tour leaders selected for their knowledge and expertise of the subject area.

Our Tour Leaders: Jim Rowe and Bruce Venter. Jim is historian and past president of the Crown Point Road Association and a member of the Descendants of Green Mountain Boys Association. Bruce is the president of America’s History LLC and led a similar tour with James Kirby Martin in 2016. Jim and Bruce led a previous tour for Fort Ticonderoga of the military road from Mount Independence to Hubbardton in 2019.

Register Online: $150.00

Register by phone, e-mail or postal mail:

• Phone: 1-703-785-4373
• Email us at: info@AmericasHistoryLLC.com
• Postal mail: America’s History LLC, P. O. Box 1076, Goochland, VA 23063

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