America 250: An ornate historic cannon overlooks Lake Champlain from Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Control of the fort and its artillery was especially important because Ticonderoga guarded a critical water corridor between Canada and the Hudson Valley, a route repeatedly contested during the French and Indian War and American Revolution. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: An ornate historic cannon overlooks Lake Champlain from Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Control of the fort and its artillery was especially important because Ticonderoga guarded a critical water corridor between Canada and the Hudson Valley, a route repeatedly contested during the French and Indian War and American Revolution. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: An ornate historic cannon overlooks Lake Champlain from Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Control of the fort and its artillery was especially important because Ticonderoga guarded a critical water corridor between Canada and the Hudson Valley, a route repeatedly contested during the French and Indian War and American Revolution. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e505bb.png)