Longtime Ticonderoga resident, Anne B. McDonald, was recently named to the Fort Ticonderoga Association Board of Trustees.
The Fort Ticonderoga Association named Anne B. McDonald to the Board of Trustees at its recent Board meeting held in New York City on March 2. “I’m thrilled to welcome Anne McDonald to the Board of Trustees. With her longstanding support to Fort Ticonderoga and deep ties to the Ticonderoga community and the North Country as a whole, she will add strength and wisdom to the Board,” said Peter Paine, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fort Ticonderoga Association.
“I am honored and excited at being elected a Trustee of the Fort Ticonderoga Association,” said new Trustee Anne McDonald. “I look forward to working with the local community and in helping to continue the preservation and expansion of this national resource”
A former elementary school teacher, Anne McDonald is a life-long resident of Ticonderoga. She holds an undergraduate degree from Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, and completed master level work at State University at Plattsburgh, New York. McDonald is very active in regional professional, political, civic organizations and has served as the Chairperson for the Essex County Republican Committee and President of the Heritage Museum Board of Directors in Ticonderoga. She is currently a member of the North Country Community College Foundation Board.
“Anne’s passion for Fort Ticonderoga’s mission and community connection to Ticonderoga make her an ideal addition to the Board,” said Beth Hill, Executive Director of Fort Ticonderoga. “She has been a valued advisor and I look forward to her leadership as Fort Ticonderoga achieves its vision to be the premier military historic site and museum in North America.”
The Fort Ticonderoga Association is the not-for-profit educational and cultural organization whose mission is to ensure that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices, and victories that shaped the nations of North America and changed world history. Serving the public since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 70,000 visitors annually and is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Fort Ticonderoga’s history. The historic site and museum includes the restored fort, museum galleries, approximately two-thousand acres of land including Carillon Battlefield, Mount Defiance, the northern end of Mount Independence, and the King’s Garden. Fort Ticonderoga is home to one of America’s largest collections of 18th-century military material culture and its research library contains nearly 14,000 published works focusing on the military history of northeastern North America and New France during the 18th century. philanthropic support by individuals, corporations, and foundations benefits the educational mission of Fort Ticonderoga.