6/13/11: Eva tags along with Linda Peake’s 3rd grade class from Shoreham Elementary School as they celebrate the end of the school year with a trip across the lake to historic Fort Ticonderoga, also known as “America’s Fort.”

During the Revolutionary War, Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ti and won “America’s First Victory.”

Thousands of school children visit the 18th century fort every year to watch history come alive.

Music: Fort Ticonderoga Fife and Drum Corps and The Fifes and Drums of York Town

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received...