Battle of Carillon Commemoration July 8, 2019

March to the "Old French Lines" where French soldiers entrenched themselves during the epic Battle of Carillon on July 8, 1758. Join ’s Fifes and Drums to lay wreaths and remember the day-long battle that cost the British & French Armies over 2500 casualties and is considered the bloodiest day in North America until the American Civil War.

The Battle of Carillon would prove to be ’s greatest victory of the French & Indian War, one which sealed Ticonderoga’s legacy around the Atlantic world. The Carillon Battlefield at Fort Ticonderoga preserves the largest series of untouched 18th-century earthworks surviving in North America.

11:30 AM Battle of Carillon Commemoration (Beginning at the American Flag) March behind the Fifes and Drums of Fort Ticonderoga up to the Carillon battlefield to lay a wreath in remembrance of this bloody battle.

12:00 PM Carillon Battlefield Tour (Begins at the Black Watch Cairn) Tour the real Carillon Battlefield with a soldier of the Black Watch, whose legendary sacrifice charging the French lines helped immortalize the battle world-wide. Discover how this battlefield preserves both the memory and the remains of this battle.

2:30 PM Master of that Eminence: Engineering the Defeat of Abercrombys Army in 1758 (Mars Education Center Great Room) The Marquis de Montcalm’s famous victory in 1758 was more than just the fortunes of war. Join Director of Interpretation, Nicholas Spadone, to discover new insights into the design of the French Lines, as French engineers envisioned these heights as the key to Carillon’s defense, even back to the inception of itself.