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Lord Howe: ‘The Soul of General Abercromby’s Army’

April 11, 2025 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

The latest episode of the Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast features the first of a two-part interview with French & Indian War historian George A. Bray III as he discusses Lord George Augustus Viscount Howe’s service in the Lake George-Lake Champlain region before his untimely death in the Battle of Carillon (1758).

Lord Howe was the eldest of the three brothers who played important leadership roles for the British during the transformative 18th Century conflicts in North America. [Read more…] about Lord Howe: ‘The Soul of General Abercromby’s Army’

Veteran AP Reporter Chris Carola Talks About History

April 1, 2025 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Former Associated Press reporter and Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance member Chris Carola is the guest on the Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast. [Read more…] about Veteran AP Reporter Chris Carola Talks About History

Where Were Johnson’s Lines at the 1755 Battle of Lake George?

October 7, 2024 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Battle of Lake George on September 8, 1755 was an important early engagement during the French & Indian War. The Battle occurred in three phases. The first skirmish, known in history as the “Bloody Morning Scout,” found the French and their Native allies ambushing the British provincials and their Mohawk allies about three miles south of Lake George. The attack was a rout for the French and resulted in the deaths of British Col. Ephraim Williams and Hendrick Theyanoguin (King Hendrick), the Mohawk sachem allied with Major General William Johnson. [Read more…] about Where Were Johnson’s Lines at the 1755 Battle of Lake George?

The Native Nations Who Called Lake George Home

June 26, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

All the land that makes up the United States was, in its entirety, Indigenous land. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and other nations called the Lake George area home well before it was colonized by Europeans.

Native people lived and sustained themselves there, until policies removed Indigenous Nations from their homes and ultimately pushed them onto reservations. [Read more…] about The Native Nations Who Called Lake George Home

Growing Support for Reinternment of Lake George Colonial War Dead

June 12, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Lake George’s drive to honor the many who died at the smallpox hospital at Fort George in the first years of the American Revolution has gained new momentum. [Read more…] about Growing Support for Reinternment of Lake George Colonial War Dead

Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Center Reopens Friday

May 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Center will open for its second season on Friday, May 26th. The Visitor Center is expanding its array of artifacts and exhibits that help tell the story of the Battlefield Park’s and surrounding areas’ importance during the French & Indian War and the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Center Reopens Friday

Philip Schuyler Program in Lake George on April 22nd

April 10, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Philip Schuyler was a major player in the region throughout the second half of the 18th Century, first as a provincial officer serving the British during the French and Indian War, then as a Major General in Continental Army during the American Revolution. Schuyler spent time during both conflicts at Lake George, and played a leadership role in preparing Fort George for British assaults after patriots captured the site in 1775. [Read more…] about Philip Schuyler Program in Lake George on April 22nd

Henry Knox & The Hunt for Heavy Artillery

December 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff 4 Comments

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance and the Warren County Historical Society have announced “Henry Knox and the Hunt for Heavy Artillery,” a program presented by Fort Ticonderoga Museum Curator Dr. Matthew Keagle on Monday, December 19th. [Read more…] about Henry Knox & The Hunt for Heavy Artillery

Lake George Battlefield Park Tours This Weekend

October 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance has announced they will be conducting guided tours looking at the Park’s unique history as a key site in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution as part of New York State’s “Path Through History Weekend” on October 8th at 11 am and October 9th at 1 pm. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield Park Tours This Weekend

The Battlefield Visitor Center: Lake George’s Newest Attraction

September 15, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall 2 Comments

For more than 25 years, historian Russ Bellico and the leaders of the Lake George Battlefield Alliance, including the late archaeologist David Starbuck, argued that grounds as historically rich and as hallowed as the head of Lake George deserve a visitors’ interpretive center.

Now we have one. [Read more…] about The Battlefield Visitor Center: Lake George’s Newest Attraction

Lake George Battlefield, More Than Just A Setting for Cooper’s ‘Last of the Mohicans’

February 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

In February 1826 one of America’s seminal works of historical fiction, James Fenimore Cooper‘s The Last of the Mohicans, was first published. Last of the Mohicans has also been adapted to film at least eight times, most recently in 1992 starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. The novel is one of five Cooper wrote that make up the Leatherstocking Tales series, all of them set in Upstate New York between the years 1740 and 1804. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield, More Than Just A Setting for Cooper’s ‘Last of the Mohicans’

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