On this day 250 years ago at Crown Point on Lake Champlain, New York, a flotilla of ten American ships sailed north on Lake Champlain under the command of Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold to confront the British fleet leading an invasion from Canada.

Sources: Nelson, James L., Benedict Arnold’s Navy, The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the Revolution, McGraw-Hill: Camden, Maine (2006) at 263; Boatner, Landmarks at 323

You can visit Crown Point State Historic Site today and from May to October each year. https://parks.ny.gov/visit/historic-sites/crown-point-state-historic-site

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