Forts and Battlefields Bus Tour Sept., 2003

Chambly to Saratoga

On Friday, Sept. 26th, 2003 a group of 55 eager Loyalists and some friends of Loyalists departed from the Ramada Inn in Cornwall on an exciting bus tour of many forts and battlefields in Vermont and New York states.  We visited many historical sites such as Crown Point overlooking Lake Champlain to where the infamous Loyalist spy, Justus Sherwood had fled, to join the British; Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, which was previously called Fort Carillon by the French.  In 1759, being defeated by the English, they blew up the fort which was rebuilt by the English, thus acquiring the name, Fort Ticonderoga; passed through Historic Whitehall (Skenesborough)and Fort  Ann; Hubbardton Battlefield, Vermont, a British encampment where technically the British won the battle but the Americans escaped with 70% of their men;  Beautiful Historic Manchester; Bennington Battlefield where the Americans won the battle with the help of Seth Warner and his Green Mountain Boys, thus boosting American morale; passed through Fort Edward where Jane McCrae is buried;  passed through Historic Schuylerville; Saratoga Monument and National Park along the Hudson River, NY where the British under Burgoyne won the first battle but were defeated in the second, and having thus surrendered, marched all the way to Boston; Fort William Henry on Lake George built by the British General, Sir William Johnson, underwent a massacre by the French and their Indian allies; Fort Chambly on the Richelieu River, Quebec which was used mainly for storage and finally the Battle of Chateauguay historic site which is on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, whose battle was fought and won entirely by Canadians (French) and their Indian allies under Lieutenant Colonel Charles d'Irumberry de Salaberry.

We also visited Tuttle Antiquarian Bookstore and enjoyed a Loyalist Banquet at the Ramada Hotel in Glens Falls, NY, where we stayed for the duration of the tour.  Speaking at the banquet on the subject of Major Carleton's Onion River Raid, was Re-enactor Brigadier Paul Loding, Historian for Hudson Falls and Kingsbury, NY.

This excellently orchestrated tour was organized by Ed and Elizabeth Kipp; George and Janet Anderson who spent many, many pains taking hours researching and traveling over the route.  Everything went like clock work.  It was tremendously enjoyed by all and I would highly recommend their future tours which are in the making.

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