America 250: Recreated wooden defensive obstacles stand outside the stone walls of Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. American troops undertook an extensive construction program here in 1776, building and improving earthworks, redoubts, barracks, bridges and other defenses as they prepared for a possible British invasion from Canada. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: Recreated wooden defensive obstacles stand outside the stone walls of Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. American troops undertook an extensive construction program here in 1776, building and improving earthworks, redoubts, barracks, bridges and other defenses as they prepared for a possible British invasion from Canada. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: Recreated wooden defensive obstacles stand outside the stone walls of Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, N.Y. American troops undertook an extensive construction program here in 1776, building and improving earthworks, redoubts, barracks, bridges and other defenses as they prepared for a possible British invasion from Canada. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e4efae.png)