ROUSES POINT, NY – The Rouses Point/Champlain Historical Society, America's Historic Lakes, Powertex, Inc. and Stephen and Victor Podd announce the first ever Fort Montgomery Days Heritage Weekend.

Historic Fort Montgomery, recently designated a "Seven to Save" Site by the Preservation League of New York State, will be celebrated in a very special 2-day event.  This important Nineteenth Century fort, constructed at the same location as the infamous Fort “Blunder,” is the only Civil War era fort on Lake Champlain. Erected in a strategic location along the border of the United States and Canada, Fort Montgomery was the last in a long line of important fortifications built along this historic waterway. The Fort is privately owned and access to the public has been restricted to small, private tours for many years. For this celebration, however, certain areas of the fort will be open to the public free of charge.

These tours will be guided by Fort Montgomery historian and author Jim Millard. Jim is the publisher of the popular America's Historic Lakes website, "Fort Montgomery through the Years," an upcoming new book, "Bastions on the Border- The Great Stone Forts at Rouses Point on Lake Champlain," and a number of other local history titles.

Other activities scheduled for the weekend include Civil War re-enactments with the Montreal Grays & Blues, live musical entertainment provided by Laura Capito, Friends Union, Staber & Chasnoff and Tom Ventiquattro (Tom24). There will be vendors on site, displays of artifacts, vintage photos, maps and plans.

Gates open at 8:00 am both days. The Welcome Ceremony will be held at 9:30 am Saturday, September 12.

Updated information including a current schedule of events is available on the event web page: http://historiclakes.org/fortmontgomerydays.htm. 

The Fort Montgomery Days event will take place at the Fort in the vicinity of Powertex, Inc., 1 Lincoln Blvd. Rouses Point, New York. Rouses Point is easily accessible via US Interstate 87 and US Route 9 from points south and west, Routes 15, 221 and 223 from Quebec, and US Route 2 from Vermont. It is located but an hour from Montreal. The Village is served by Amtrak’s Adirondack.

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