America 250: A historical interpreter demonstrates hand sewing inside Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Clothing and textile work were essential parts of maintaining an 18th-century army, and Fort Ticonderoga’s programs explore activities including tailoring, clothing repair and other labor required to keep Continental troops supplied in 1776. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: A historical interpreter demonstrates hand sewing inside Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Clothing and textile work were essential parts of maintaining an 18th-century army, and Fort Ticonderoga’s programs explore activities including tailoring, clothing repair and other labor required to keep Continental troops supplied in 1776. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: A historical interpreter demonstrates hand sewing inside Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Clothing and textile work were essential parts of maintaining an 18th-century army, and Fort Ticonderoga’s programs explore activities including tailoring, clothing repair and other labor required to keep Continental troops supplied in 1776. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e5205e.jpg)