<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0r0a89_1FMwWk3p00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0r0a89_1FMwWk3p00" width="760" height="540" >On September 26-27, 2026 Crown Point State Historic Site will host a living history event portraying these soldiers-turned-sailors as they readied themselves for what would become known as the Battle of Valcour Bay on October 11, 1776.Arnold’s 11 makeshift vessels were heavily battered and suffered severe losses, but executed a daring night retreat through the British lines toward Fort Crown Point.Overtaken near Split Rock on October 13, Arnold ran his damaged flagship Congress and remaining gondolas aground on the-then Ferris Bay, Vermont shore setting them ablaze to prevent capture before retreating overland.At the event this weekend, 50 reenactors will be learning seamanship skills, drilling and firing weapons, making supplies and living in camp. The army camp will be open Saturday, September 26th from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm and Sunday, September 27th from 9:30 to 2:00 pm.Crown Point State Historic Site is located at 21 Grandview Drive, Crown Point, New York, at the western end of the Lake Champlain Bridge. The event is free.Read more about the 1776 Lake Champlain Fleet, the Battle of Valcour Bay, or about Arnold’s Subsequent RetreatIllustration: A contemporary image of Royal Savage “One of Benedict Arnold’s squadron in 1776,” said by US Naval History and Heritage Command to be a watercolor painting by Lieutenant Enant Calderwood and possibly the earliest known representation of the colonial “jack and stripes” ensign (Schuyler Papers, Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library).</div></body>

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On September 26-27, 2026 Crown Point State Historic Site will host a living history event portraying these soldiers-turned-sailors as they readied themselves for what would become known as the Battle of Valcour Bay on October 11, 1776. Arnold’s 11 makeshift vessels were heavily battered and suffered severe losses, but executed...

Arnold’s 1776 Lake Champlain Fleet at Crown Point

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On September 26-27, 2026 Crown Point State Historic Site will host a living history event portraying these soldiers-turned-sailors as they readied themselv

Arnold’s 1776 Lake Champlain Fleet at Crown Point

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