A place called Ticonderoga

[Nervous Jock]

Over the weekend I was at the Ticonderoga war college. Sundays speakers were Jay Cassel ,talking on the French side, and Ian McCulloch, taking on the English side. This was followed by a walk on the French lines, a commemoration [with piper] at the Black Watch cairn, and a trip to the portion of the lines the Black Watch managed to break through on. This was a steep uphill, covered with a tangle of dropped trees, and topped with 8 feet of breastworks. The difficulty really comes across when seen. Ian also gave me some kilt tips. This made for an interesting weekend.

The 250th reenactment will be the last weekend in June, with other events running through the next week. The re-enactors information site is at
http://www.fort-ticonderoga250th.org
A pointer to the fort site and spectator information and schedules is there as well.

It is often thought the Watch should have received a battle honour for this action however they don't tend to get dished out when you lose

[Woodsheal]

Here are some views of the Black Watch cairn at Ticonderoga. The regiment should have gotten battle honors for this fight. Even though the Brits lost the battle, the 42nd fought magnificently and shortly after were rewarded by being made a Royal Regiment....



In this one you can see the remains of the French Lines inthe background:




Really looking forward to the reenactment in June...!