History, Natural History & the Arts
Lake George Village may have been the site of the largest military cemetery in the original 13 colonies during the American Revolution.
So suspect many officials, historians and archeologists after discovering human remains on a commercial property not far from the construction site where the bones of roughly 40 American Revolutionary War soldiers were found in February, 2019. [Read more…] about More 18th Century War Dead Remains Found in Lake George
Major Christopher Carleton led an expedition of the British Army’s 29th Regiment of Foot comprising soldiers, Loyalists and Native Americans, to implement “The Great Burning” of Continental forts and patriot homesteads in Washington, Warren and Saratoga Counties during the fall of 1780. [Read more…] about The Great Burning: Carleton’s Raid of 1780 Being Memorialized
The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance is marching through its second season of operating the Park’s new Visitor Center by extending the Center’s season through the end of October. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield Visitor Center Season Extended, Programs Planned
A vacant lot adjacent to the site where Revolutionary War soldiers and others who died at the smallpox hospital at Fort George at the south end of Lake George were buried may be preserved as open space, with a historical marker denoting its historical significance. [Read more…] about Lake George Officials Hope to Acquire Revolutionary Burial Ground
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
The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance has been awarded a $50,000 matching grant over a two-year period from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Park and Trail Partnership Grants program to expand the organization’s reach by hiring a Member Services Manager, the organization’s first employee. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance Hiring First Employee
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
New York’s new gun law, which bans weapons from “sensitive locations” such as parks and museums, will have no effect on musket demonstrations, including at Fort William Henry or re-enactments in Lake George Battlefield Park, according to Warren County Sheriff James La Farr.
“It is not within the spirit of the law to prohibit those activities,” LaFarr said. The re-enactors’ muskets and cannon fire only blanks.
Fort Ticonderoga, which is located in Essex County, is also unaffected by the new law, says its president and CEO, Beth Hill. “We do not plan to change our operations or special events,” she said. [Read more…] about Despite Elise Stefanik’s Claims, NYS Gun Law Doesn’t Prohibit Historical Events
The new Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Center opened Friday, May 27th. The Visitor Center will be open for business from 10 am to 4 pm, Friday through Sunday each weekend through the end of June. Operating hours will expand to 5 days per week from July 1st through Labor Day Weekend.
Lake George Battlefield Park was the site of several key conflicts and encampments during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The Visitor Center’s exhibits include a wide array of artifacts uncovered by archaeological digs in the Park, newly-created models that illustrate the forts and ships that were utilized by British and American soldiers, and related materials. [Read more…] about New Lake George Battlefield Park Visitor Center Sets Hours, Offers Tours
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on an amendment to the Campground and Day-Use Area Generic Unit Management Plan (UMP) that is hoped to support efforts to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic invasive species (AIS).
The proposed amendment includes the construction and permanent placement of storage facilities for decontamination equipment used to remove AIS from watercraft at these sites. [Read more…] about Campground, Day-Use Area Plans Proposed to Combat Invasives