Regional leaders gathered at Fort Ticonderoga on Thursday to unveil a heritage tourism trail spanning across Vermont, New York and Canada. The trail features 18 historic destinations, featuring the Hudson-Champlain Corridor’s significance in the fight for independence. It comes as America reaches its 250th anniversary. “This gives the opportunities for visitors from near and far to explore the entire region, and the story it has to tell.” Fort Ticonderoga CEO Beth Hill said. “It’s not just a matter of looking backwards and learning the history, which of course we do at sites like Fort Ticonderoga as historians, but we also want people to come and experience it for themselves today.”The trail has been titled ‘The Northern Department, ‘ a military department established by the Continental Congress in 1775.While the trail is led by Fort Ticonderoga, the point is to encourage tourism to the other historic sites. Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer Laura Trieschmann said while the land that Vermont is today was once the New Hampshire Grants during the Revolution, that does not take away from its history as a state. “This period put Chimney Point, Mount Independence, Bennington, and Hubberton on the map, pushing them forever forward onto the pages of our history,” she said. The program is made possible thanks to donation support. See more: Northern DepartmentFort Ticonderoga’s 250th Commemoration
Regional leaders gathered at Fort Ticonderoga on Thursday to unveil a heritage tourism trail spanning across Vermont, New York and Canada.
The trail features 18 historic destinations, featuring the Hudson-Champlain Corridor’s significance in the fight for independence. It comes as America reaches its 250th anniversary.
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“This gives the opportunities for visitors from near and far to explore the entire region, and the story it has to tell.” Fort Ticonderoga CEO Beth Hill said. “It’s not just a matter of looking backwards and learning the history, which of course we do at sites like Fort Ticonderoga as historians, but we also want people to come and experience it for themselves today.”
The trail has been titled ‘The Northern Department, ‘ a military department established by the Continental Congress in 1775.
While the trail is led by Fort Ticonderoga, the point is to encourage tourism to the other historic sites.
Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer Laura Trieschmann said while the land that Vermont is today was once the New Hampshire Grants during the Revolution, that does not take away from its history as a state.
“This period put Chimney Point, Mount Independence, Bennington, and Hubberton on the map, pushing them forever forward onto the pages of our history,” she said.
The program is made possible thanks to donation support.
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