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This crucial passageway was considered key to transporting men\, weapons\, food\, and morale from the Canadian and N orthern Departments to the South. Historian and author Kiersten Marcil wil l delve into primary sources describing the construction of the Montgomery Chain in 1777\, plus the Great Chain and its home at West Point in 1778. No such exploration would be complete without a glimpse into the people an d politics of such a weighty endeavor.

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