The pavilion was being restored in 2009. In 2008, the powder magazine, destroyed by the French in 1759, was reconstructed by Tonetti Associates Architects, based in part on the original 1755 plans. Also in 2008, the withdrawal of a major backer's financial support forced the museum, which was facing significant budget deficits, to consider selling one of its major art works, Thomas Cole's Gelyna, View near Ticonderoga. However, fundraising activities were successful enough to prevent the sale. The not-for-profit Living History Education Foundation conducts teacher programs at Fort Ticonderoga during the summer that last approximately one week. The program trains teachers how to teach Living History techniques, and to understand and interpret the importance of Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The fort conducts other seminars, symposia, and workshops throughout the year, including the annual War College of the Seven Years' War in May and the Seminar on the American Revolution in September. The Pell family estate is located north of the fort. In 1921, Sarah Pell undertook reconstruction of the gardens. She hired Marian Cruger Coffin, one of the most famous American landscape architects of the period. In 1995, the gardens were restored and later opened for public visiting; they are known as the King's Garden. Memorials The U.S. Navy has given the name 'Ticonderoga' to five different vessels, as well as to entire classes of cruisers and aircraft carriers. The fort was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. Included in the landmarked area are the fort, as well as Mount Independence and Mount Defiance. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The Ticonderoga pencil, manufactured by the Dixon Ticonderoga Corporation, is named for the fort. See also Battle on Snowshoes (1757) Battle on Snowshoes (1758) List of French forts in North America Duncan Campbell (died 1758), Scottish officer of the British Army, subject of a legend about the fort Reit, Seymour. Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution. Clarion Books, 2001. Notes References Fort history sources Battle history sources Other sources and External links Timeline 18th & 19th century Fort Ticonderoga history at Historic Lakes Battle of Ticonderoga – 1758 at British Battles Capture of Ticonderoga at Thrilling Incidents in American History 1757 establishments in New France American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places Ticonderoga Buildings and structures in Essex County,