America 250: A living-history interpreter holds a flintlock musket during a military demonstration at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The museum’s 2026 programming focuses on the Continental Army at Ticonderoga in 1776 and the weapons, equipment and skills soldiers relied upon to defend the northern approach to the new nation. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: A living-history interpreter holds a flintlock musket during a military demonstration at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The museum’s 2026 programming focuses on the Continental Army at Ticonderoga in 1776 and the weapons, equipment and skills soldiers relied upon to defend the northern approach to the new nation. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: A living-history interpreter holds a flintlock musket during a military demonstration at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The museum’s 2026 programming focuses on the Continental Army at Ticonderoga in 1776 and the weapons, equipment and skills soldiers relied upon to defend the northern approach to the new nation. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e49ec9.png)