Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-03
Weld Day at Fort TIeonderoga.

Announcements have already been made OF o
Field Day Of the Vermont Historical Society at
Sort Ticondcroga, n Y, on the hanks Of Lake
Champaign, on Thursday, July 18th, 1872. II
has long been the desire and intention Of this so-
ciety to have a Field Day celebration at some
point Of historic interest, and none seemed more
admirably adapted, both in its historical and nat
ural surroundings, than the place where Yer
mont's distinguished hero achieved his most sue
cessful exploit, and uttered those memorable
words Of demand IN hs name Of The Grcaf
J,horah and the Continental Congress 20 The
celebration il one which can combine much Of in.
terest both to the citizen Of Vermont and New
York in fact every American citizen who honors
his country and the struggles Of his ancestors
1t BIRDS the Vermont Historical Society, which
has attained an honored position among similar
associations, an opportunity to invite It's sister
societies throughout the country to j1in with
them in a day Of local as well as national historic
association, in looking over the ruins and points
Of celebrity that surround them
The celebration is not intended to be carried
forward with great degree of Grmality, farther
than appropriate public exercises, at the eonclu-
sion Of which the varied localities will he pointed
out. The citizens Of Tconderora take great pride
in their historic town and desire IA do every thing
in their power to afford facilities to carry out the
purposes Of the celebration and 10 aid the liisori-
cal Society in their field day pastimes. a local
committee has he en- appointed, Of which Col. W.
e. Calkins, a we'll known and honorod citizen,
is chairman who will have charge Of the mme-
date local arrangements.
On the arrival Of the special steamboat from
Burlington. at about eleven O'Clock, a m pro-
cession will he formed under the direction Of Col
w. f. Calkins Chief Marshal, and march to the
ground selected, there the public exercises will
take place, according to the following
PROGRAMME
!. Prayer-by Rev. Willard Child D. D., Of Crown
3 Opening Addross-by Rev. william H Lord, m.
Of Montpelier President Of the Vermont Historical So
3. Responses.
I. Music.
D.. address by the Hon, LucIus f. Chiitenaen Of Sew
York city,
6. Music
7. COLLATION..
3 A visit to the ruins Of the fort and poiats
! Of interest.
Dinner will be provided on the grounds near
the hotel, 80 far as possible, and other arrange
ments for furnishing refreshments will he made,
| Arrangements are in progress to secure fare
one way on the several railroads also on the
Lake Champlain and Lake George steamboats,
This occasion will undoubtedly call together
large crowd from Vermont and New York, who
will visit this spot marked in the early history
Of our country, especially in the struggles Of
Vermont for a separate and Independent existence.
The remains of the old fort and the military
works, now crumbling ruins, still attest their
lnrt, vul l..
guarded and preserved by private taste and in
telgence from vanda outrages which were rap
idly destroying them Winslow G. Watson, the
excellent historian Of Essex county, says 90 We
may cherish the hope that the most extensive
and imposing ruins in America, redolent with
the brightest historical associations, and becom-
ing shrouded in the yenerableness of antiquity,
will be perpetuated to excite the admiration and
to attract the pilgrimage of future ages. These
fields are now titled in the peaceful pursuits of
industry"
In the vicinity of Tconderoga, balls, muskets,
swords, and numerous other relies Of war are be-
ing constantly revealed, At one time tho line Of
the fatal nbatis might almost he traced by these
dumb but significant memorials of the spot
where the harvest Of death had been most ex-
uberant. The course of the circumvallations and
trenches, singuarly complex and interlaced, may
readily be distinguished Part of the hattlements
rising above the rocky cliff, are almost entire.
The line of the ramparts is still traced the ruins
of portion of the barracks remain, although
private cupidity has removed much Of the brick
and stone Of the buildings. The bakery is in a
state OF good preservation.
The first Field Day Of the Vermont Historical
Society at Ticondcroga, bids lair to DO a grand
success.