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Article: FORT TICONDEROGA'S WALLS GUARD A WEALTH OF HISTORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- July 21, 1996
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Byline: DOUG BLACKBURN Staff writer
Upstate New York is infused with a rich history, much of which predates the birth of the United States more than two centuries ago. But you would be hard-pressed to find a site with more historical significance than Fort Ticonderoga.
Located on the crest of a peninsula that juts out from the southwestern shore of Lake Champlain, the star-shaped stone garrison appears unaltered by the passage of 250 years.
Aside from the surrounding forests, which have been thinned considerably by more than a hundred years of logging and papermaking, when you enter the iron gates of this garrison, you are overwhelmed with ...