The following teaser is from an AP article published in the July 6, 2012 edition of wnyt.com:
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) – An Illinois family is donating their ancestor’s Revolutionary War artifacts to Fort Ticonderoga.
Officials at Fort Ticonderoga say the engraved powder horn, musket and walking stick Amos Chaffee carried during the American Revolution will be formerly presented during a ceremony being held at the tourist attraction Saturday afternoon.
Hall Chaffee of Chicago says one of the reasons his family decided to donate the items to the fort is because Amos Chaffee served there in early 1777 with the Hampshire County, Mass., militia.
