America 250: Living-history interpreters fire a volley from flintlock muskets during a demonstration at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Weapons demonstrations are among the programs used by the museum to explain how Continental soldiers trained and defended the fortified position in 1776. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: Living-history interpreters fire a volley from flintlock muskets during a demonstration at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Weapons demonstrations are among the programs used by the museum to explain how Continental soldiers trained and defended the fortified position in 1776. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
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