Editing Battle of Carillon (section)

===Legacy===
[[File:Carillon Flag.svg|thumb|150px|The ''Carillon Flag'', proposed as the flag of Quebec in 1902<ref name="FraserFlag">[[#FraserFlag|Fraser (1998)]]</ref>|alt=A rectangular flag with a blue background divided into quadrants by thick white lines. Each quadrant has a small gold fleur-de-lis near the outer corner with the top pointed in toward the center.]]
[[File:Flag of Quebec.svg|thumb|150px|The current [[Flag of Quebec]]|alt=A rectangular flag with a blue background divided into quadrants by thick white lines. Each quadrant has a small white upright fleur-de-lis located in the center of the quadrant.]]

While the fort itself was never endangered by the British assault, Ticonderoga became a byword for impregnability. Even though the fort was effectively [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)|handed to the British by a retreating French army in 1759]], future defenders of the fort and their superior officers, who may not have been familiar with the site's shortcomings, fell under the spell of this idea. In 1777, when General [[John Burgoyne]] advanced down Lake Champlain at the beginning of the [[Saratoga campaign]], General [[George Washington]], who had never seen the fort, thought highly of its defensive value.<ref name="Furneaux51">[[#Furneaux|Furneaux (1971)]], p. 51</ref> [[Anthony Wayne]], who was at Fort Ticonderoga preparing its defenses before Burgoyne's arrival, wrote to Washington that the fort "can never be carried, without much loss of blood".<ref name="Furneaux58">[[#Furneaux|Furneaux (1971)]], p. 58</ref> Fort Ticonderoga was [[Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)|surrendered by the Americans without much of a fight]] in July 1777.<ref name="Furneaux65_74">[[#Furneaux|Furneaux (1971)]], pp. 65–74</ref>

The modern [[flag of Quebec]] is based upon a banner reputedly carried by the victorious French forces at Carillon.<ref name="QuebecEmblems">[[#QuebecEmblems|Emblems of Quebec]]</ref> The banner, now known as the [[flag of Carillon]], dates back to the 17th century, confirmed by textile expert Jean-Michel Tuchscherer: "The flag is without doubt an exceptional piece of document from the 17th century".<ref>[Robitaille]{{Full citation needed|date=April 2011}}</ref> As for the coat of arm under the madonna now erased, they were most probably that of Charles, [[Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois|Marquis of Beauharnois]] (1671–1749), Governor of New France from 1726 to 1747: Silver on one side with a saber, mounted on three merlettes. Only the governor had the right to inscribe his personal crest on a banner with the arms of France, and only Beauharnois had the eagles to support his crest. The flag was probably fabricated around 1726, date of the arrival of Marquis de Beauharnois, and May 29, 1732, date when it was flown for the order of Saint Louis, with its motto: ''Bellicae virtutis praemium''.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} However, historian Alistair Fraser is of the opinion that stories of the flag's presence on the battlefield appear to be a 19th-century fabrication, as there is no evidence that the large religious banner (2 by 3 meters, or 6 by 10 feet) on which the flag design was based was actually used as a [[Ensign (flag)|standard]] at the battle.<ref name="FraserFlag" />