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Battlefield Park ceremony honors 270 years of American soldiers’ sacrifice

May 28, 2025May 27, 2025

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance held its annual Memorial Day Remembrance at the burial site of the four unknown soldiers in Battlefield Park Monday … Read more

Alliance to host Memorial Day Ceremony in Battlefield Park

May 19, 2025
grave site with American flags and wreath Memorial Day Ceremony

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance will hold its annual Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony on Monday, May 26, at the burial site of the four … Read more

Who really captured Fort George 250 years ago?

May 16, 2025May 12, 2025

Just three weeks and a day after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Patriot forces took control of Fort George from the British. Sunday, May … Read more

Historians and reenactors to commemorate 250 years since the capture of Fort George

May 5, 2025
Entrance sign to Lake George Battlefield Park

250 years ago, on May 11, a small Patriot force under the command of Captain Bernard Romans took control of Fort George from the British. … Read more

Robert Rogers subject of upcoming Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance program

January 6, 2025
Meeting of Pontiac and his embassy with Major Rogers

Martin Klotz, author of “Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon,” will discuss the subject of his highly acclaimed book on … Read more

Battlefield Park Memorial Day Ceremony honors fallen soldiers from 1755 to the present day

May 28, 2024May 27, 2024
Lake George American Legion Honor Guard at the Battlefield Park Memorial Day service

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance held its annual Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at the grave of the Four Unknowns in Battlefield Park on Monday, … Read more

Carlton’s Raid of 1780 remembered: Historical marker to be unveiled in Battlefield Park

October 2, 2023
Historical Marker INSCRIPTION FORT GEORGE CAPTURED BY MAJOR CARLETON AND BRITISH FORCES AFTER BRIEF SKIRMISH ON OCTOBER 11, 1780. FORT BURNED NEARBY & AMERICAN SOLDIERS TAKEN PRISONER. WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2023

It’s called “The Great Burning.” October 8-11, 1780, during the fight for American independence, British Major Christopher Carleton led 1,000 British soldiers, Native allies and … Read more

Battlefield Park Alliance to host Memorial Day remembrance ceremony

May 22, 2023
Memorial Day remembrance ceremony members of American Legion lay wreath on solder's grave

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance invites the public to attend its annual Memorial Day remembrance ceremony on Monday, May 29, at 10:30 a.m. The … Read more

Historians to commemorate Henry Knox’s artillery march with presentation

December 9, 2022December 7, 2022
Henry Knox's artillery train image

In December 1755, with Boston under siege by the British, Henry Knox began the “noble artillery train.” Knox used oxen-drawn sleds to haul 60 tons … Read more

Battle of Lake George soldiers honored at Memorial Day ceremony

May 30, 2022
Memorial Day color guard

Four colonial soldiers, we don’t know their names, are buried in Lake George’s Battlefield Park. They died Sept. 8, 1755, as part of The Bloody … Read more

A Boots-on-the-Ground (Flip-Flops in the Summer) Perspective of Events and Attractions in the Lake George, New York Region

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