At the present time the Fort is visited by some 200,000 people every summer. Schools in Vermont and parts of New York State send their children in busloads every year to see it. Many people come back regularly every season to revisit the Fort and re-enjoy the surrounding scenery. The beauty of the point on which the Fort stands overlooking Lake Champlain and of the surrounding meadows and woods is appreciated, consciously and unconsciously, by all of the many visitors. It is a commonplace thing for people who have entered the Fort to return to pick up cameras in their parked autos in order to be able to take photographs in the beautiful surroundings.
Fort Ticonderoga is a living page of American history—the most faithfully restored Fort in America and houses the greatest collection of Revolutionary and Colonial objects.
Although the history of the Fort extends back over 200 years, its present condition, and the incomparable museum which it contains have resulted from the vision and work of one man, Stephen Pell. It is fortunate indeed that as a boy he found a beautiful little bronze flint box containing a flint. And it is fortunate that he grew to be the kind of man who was capable of turning a dream into a living fact.
Mrs. Stephen Pell, through her great vision and understanding encouraged Mr. Pell in his life work, and in addition gave generously in time and money for the restoration.
In 1931, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pell established the Fort Ticonderoga Association, a non-profit membership corporation organized under the educational laws of the State of New York. The objectives of the Association are to preserve, maintain and develop the Fort and Museum and the surrounding grounds for the benefit of the public. Mr. Stephen Pell remained President of the Fort Ticonderoga Association until his death in 1950, and his son, John H. G. Pell, has carried forward this great work as President since that time.
George Washington; in Uniform of American General with Nassau Hall, Princeton College in Background
By Charles Peale Polk, nephew of Charles Wilson Peale
Painting in Fort Ticonderoga Museum
THE FORT TICONDEROGA MUSEUM
John H. G. Pell
President
Hon. Robert T. Pell
Historian