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Imagine it's early in the morning on May 10th, 1775, at Fort Ticonderoga, on the shores of New York's Lake Champlain. You've been stationed here as a British Army lieutenant for the past two years. And at the sound of gunfire outside your door, you sit up in your narrow bed with a sudden jolt. You kick off your blanket and stumble out of bed, desperate to wake your commanding officer, Captain Delaplace. You only have one leg in your trousers when a sudden pounding on your door causes you to freeze. Open this door and come out this instant. You hear me? Come out and surrender your men, you damn old skunk. It occurs to you that the attackers must have your room mistaken for the commander's. So with your trousers still in hand, you open the door to find a pair of armed men.
One wears a scarlet coat with gleaming silver buttons, while the other is dressed in an old buckskin shirt and brandishing a sword. Show me your hands. If you'd just allow me to finish getting dressed... You're stalling for time until the captain appears. The man wearing buckskin shakes his head, his eyes burning. We're going to sacrifice this entire garrison if you don't come with us this instant. Now, wait a minute. You've got this all wrong. I don't have time for this. We must have immediate possession of the fort and all property of King George III. Your mind races as you struggle to reconcile the thought of these upstarts laying claim to the king's property. You force a thin smile, again trying to stall.
And by what authority do you make these demands? The authority of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. And what in the good heavens is the Continental Congress? The intruder presses the tip of his sword to your neck. Let me speak plainly. Lay down your arms, and you and your men will be treated like gentlemen. Just then, Captain Delaplace emerges in the hallway, hastily buttoning his coat. With one look at the intruders, he throws up his arms and surrender, and the man in buckskin narrows his gaze.
Ah, so you're the one in charge. All right, come with us.
The two men march the captain down the hallway. You finish putting on your trousers and follow, stunned by the absurdity of what just occurred. Nothing could have prepared you for the sheer audacity of these motley rebels. But now you must face the reality that their actions have brought down what was once the greatest military fort in North America.
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In May 1775, colonial militia leaders Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold led a tiny force of men to Fort Ticonderoga, a British garrison in upstate New York.
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