Thirtieth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War

Fort Ticonderoga presents the Thirtieth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War over three days, Friday–Sunday, May 15–17, 2026.

Since its beginning in 1996, the War College has become a top venue for historians on subjects related to the Seven Years’ War in North America and beyond, drawing speakers and participants from across North America and Europe.

War College Schedule:

Friday, May 15, 2026
- 5:30–6:30 pm Reception
- 7:00 pm Opening Session — "Our trophies are nine pair of colours": Ermsdorf & British Victory — Stuart Lilie, Fort Ticonderoga

Saturday, May 16, 2026
- 9:00 am Welcome — Beth Hill, President and CEO, Fort Ticonderoga
- 9:15–9:45 am "They Are Holding Hands from Presqu’ Ile to LaChine": Logistics and the French Occupation of Western Pennsylvania — Robert Emerson, Old Fort Niagara
- 10:00–10:30 am Militant Marian Miracles in the Early Modern French Atlantic — Dr. Thomas Lecaque, Grand View University
- 10:45–11:15 am Colours vs Drapeaux: Regimental Flags of the Armies in the French and Indian War — Steven Hill, author
- 11:30 am–1:45 pm Lunch Break (Box lunch from America’s Fort Café included)
- 1:00–1:30 pm Book Signing at the Museum Store in the Log House
- 2:00–2:30 pm "It is a decisive blow": The Northern Circars Campaign of 1758–1759 and the Anglo-French Rivalry in South Asia — Mason Watson, US Army Center for Military History
- 2:45–3:15 pm The Birth of British Mediterranean Strategy: The Capture of Belle Isle, June 1761 — Steve Erskine, Green Howards Museum (United Kingdom)
- 3:30–5:00 pm Fort Ticonderoga Museum, King’s Garden, and Museum Store open
- 5:00 pm Dinner at America’s Fort Café (pre-registration only)

Sunday, May 17, 2026
- 9:00–9:30 am "If you had paid attention you would know": Gender, Politics, and Power in the Anglo-Cherokee War — Emily Dixon Magness, College of William & Mary
- 9:45–10:15 am Boys will be Boys: Reflecting on Pre-Revolutionary Frontier Rebellion 250 Years On — Michael E. Carter, Kean University
- 10:30–11:00 am Old Collections, Young Archaeologists: Crown Point Archaeological Field-School’s Discoveries from the 1969 R. W. Robbins Excavation — Matthew O’Leary & Christopher DeCorse, Syracuse University
- 11:15–11:45 am Designs for Empire: Architecture and Governance after the Seven Years’ War — Christian J. Koot, Towson University
- 12:00 pm Lunch (Box lunch from America’s Fort Café included)