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8.27 Monday – There’s always a Visitor’s Center.
You find some in the beginning and some as you leave the venue area. Fort Ticonderoga is at the start of our adventure. Carla always enjoys a beautiful flower arrangement.
Natural defences for the fort are: 1. Land mass upper left in the above picture is Mount Independence. 2. Land mass to the right is Mound Defiance. 3. The body of water in front of the fort is Lake Champlain. The photo below gives a short description of the importance of the first two areas.
This young man is preparing the evening meal. He called it “Mess.” What does the word Mess actually mean. “Mess Hall” I understood. But using the word “mess” to describe a meal I found puzzling. He couldn’t help me on this either. Hard Tack was also being served with the meal; see second photo down.
Above is an example of Indian writing for those times.
Delivering cannons and munitions from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, Mass; a 300 mile journey in the winter of 1775. Trip, I believe, was done in thirty days.
We spoke and learned about this type of gun (second rifle down on the back wall). Originally, as I mentioned before, I thought this would be a sniper rifle, but no, it’s used to hunt fowler.
These two guys are making and repairing shoes and boots.
Gentleman above is repairing clothing. Photo below are typical of the “winter clothing” needed by the troops. Second photo down are summer/spring clothing on the wall hanger.
This photo to the left has little to do with anything. This is a photo of a “woman” who wanted to carry a gun and be part of this man’s army. Ironically she was able to serve her full term of two years and hit her femininity at the same time. She was given an honorable discharge and went on to the stage and wrote a couple of book on her times in the army.
The purpose of this picture is the flag at half mast, unlike the flag flying above the Trumpblican White House. After a great deal of pressure from WH Aids and Veterans associations Trump gave in and allowed “his” flag to go to half mast.