08-09-2016 15:04 via wivb.com

Hamilton on stage at Fort Ticonderoga

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) – Items belonging to Alexander Hamilton are now on display among the 18th century military exhibits at Fort Ticonderoga.
The privately run nonprofit organization that runs the northern New York tourist attraction and historic site says the fort’s museum purchased the artifacts in 1945 from a great-great-nephew of Hamilton, the nation’s first Treasury secretary.
The rare items include a circa 1790s sword with Hamilton’s name on it, his mahogany writi
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