America 250: Visitors gather inside Fort Ticonderoga for a living-history program overlooking Lake Champlain in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The fort’s commanding position above the lake helped make Ticonderoga a strategically important point along the inland water route connecting Canada with New York and the Hudson Valley. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
America 250: Visitors gather inside Fort Ticonderoga for a living-history program overlooking Lake Champlain in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The fort’s commanding position above the lake helped make Ticonderoga a strategically important point along the inland water route connecting Canada with New York and the Hudson Valley. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]
![America 250: Visitors gather inside Fort Ticonderoga for a living-history program overlooking Lake Champlain in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The fort’s commanding position above the lake helped make Ticonderoga a strategically important point along the inland water route connecting Canada with New York and the Hudson Valley. [Photo: S Cobaugh, Aug. 22, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8f904e4c706.png)