Eager to seize Fort Ticonderoga before the British garrison could be reinforced, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress commissioned Connecticut militia officer Benedict ... Arnold and Allen’s ...

On the 250th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga announces the reunion of two ...

led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, launched a surprise pre-dawn assault on the British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga. The rebel capture of the star-shaped fortress marked the first offensive ...

Today, we mark the capture ... garrison. Arnold, who later became America's most infamous traitor, took command of the fort after the battle. Weapons seized from Fort Ticonderoga were used to ...

A surprise dead-of-night attack helped lead to US independence from the British. Now, a series of events are commemorating ...

TICONDEROGA — On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys rowed across Lake Champlain and seized the British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga — delivering the ...

not unlike those depicted in the famous painting Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, which the historian stood in front of. "It dramatically changes the scope of the conflict." The weapons captured at ...

on a mission to capture Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point in New York ... and the Green Mountain Boys on the shores of Lake Champlain. It was there they met Benedict Arnold, who had requested money and ...

The effort to make Canada the 14th colony had proved a failure. Although it was never a colony, Vermont, not Canada, would become the 14th state.