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The Celebration
The 100th anniversary of Ticonderoga's Black Watch Memorial Library was celebrated with a parade, speeches and a celebration. Library trustees, staff and the Fort Ticonderoga Corps of Drums marched up Montcalm Street to the library just before ceremonies began Saturday. "It's a town library, and it's a great, great institution in our community," John McDonald, the president of the board of trustees, said from a podium set up next to the red brick library on Montcalm Street. The library's campaign to add an addition to the building is coming to an end, and construction is expected to start in a year. Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward (R-Willsboro) helped with that campaign, when she said Gov. George Pataki had just pledged $100,000 in state funding for the library expansion. The Beginnings The legacy of Rosemond Bradley in 1899 initiated the founding of a circulating library, but within a year, the library already needed to move to larger quarters. Three years later, the Ticonderoga Historical Society’s Secretary, Frederick B. Richards, convinced Andrew Carnegie to donate a new library building to Ticonderoga as a memorial to soldiers of the Highland Regiment, the “Black Watch,” who died in the Battle of Carillon in 1758. Representatives of the Royal Scottish Highlanders from Montreal attended cornerstone activities in October 1905. The Library was opened to the public in 1906. Black Watch Memorial Library
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