America 250: A Fort Ticonderoga interpreter uses a hand tool to shape a timber during a historic carpentry demonstration in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Carpentry was essential to the Continental Army’s massive 1776 construction effort, which included fortifications, bridges, soldiers’ huts, barracks and vessels for the American fleet on Lake Champlain. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: A Fort Ticonderoga interpreter uses a hand tool to shape a timber during a historic carpentry demonstration in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Carpentry was essential to the Continental Army’s massive 1776 construction effort, which included fortifications, bridges, soldiers’ huts, barracks and vessels for the American fleet on Lake Champlain. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: A Fort Ticonderoga interpreter uses a hand tool to shape a timber during a historic carpentry demonstration in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Carpentry was essential to the Continental Army’s massive 1776 construction effort, which included fortifications, bridges, soldiers’ huts, barracks and vessels for the American fleet on Lake Champlain. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e57f7f.png)