Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance

06/09/2026

The "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast welcomes back this week Andrew Menzie, Director of Historic Interpretation at Fort William Henry. With Andrew's expert help, we preview the premiere of a special tour, "The Fallen Heroes of Lake George Battlefield Park", that the Alliance is sponsoring as part of the I Love NY "Path through History" weekend on Saturday June 20 beginning at 11 AM and 1 PM from our Visitor Center. The tour will take our guests to the 2 sites in the park where historic remains are buried: 4 unknown soldiers who died in the 1755 Battle of Lake George, and the recently reinterred 40 victims of smallpox who perished at the Fort George Continental Army hospital in 1776. We'll tell the stories of their heroic deaths, when and where their remains were discovered, and the ceremonies that heralded their return to Lake George Battlefield Park as a final resting place. Here's the summary of the program as posted by New York State: https://www.iloveny.com/event/the-fallen-heroes-of-lake-george-battlefield-park/79545

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06/01/2026

This week's "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast highlights what looks to be a fascinating re-creation of the 1776 council of war among 5 Continental Army generals that occurred at Crown Point in July 1776 in the aftermath of the failed American invasion of Quebec. Crown Point Historic Site Manager Sam Huntington provides the details of the planned re-enactment that his site hosts on the afternoon of Thursday, July 2, in conjunction with Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence. It promises to be a fascinating program, and the public is invited to witness it.

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05/26/2026

This week's "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast features Battlefield Park Visitor Center Curation Committee Chair Mark Silo highlighting the center's new and anticipated additions this year, and speaking with us about the first batch of public programs the Alliance is hosting through the early summer. You can access this through the Alliance's YouTube channel.

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05/24/2026

Honoring the heroes now forever at rest at Lake George Battlefield Park, May 22, 2026. Courtesy of Nancy Giard.

05/23/2026

Proud to be the permanent home of these early patriots who sacrificed their lives for our independence. Photo courtesy of Nancy Giard.

05/18/2026

After 7+ years of painstaking recovery, research and planning, we look forward to this Friday's milestone reinterment of the remains of 44 individuals who are believed to have perished at the Continental Army's smallpox hospital at Lake George in 1776. This week's "Lake George Battlefield Park Moments" podcast welcomes back Dan Barusch, Town/Village of Lake George Planning Director and Chair of the Courtland Street Reinterment Committee, to outline for us Friday's Repose of the Fallen dedication ceremony at Lake George Battlefield Park, when the last of the remains will be permanently placed in columbaria.

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05/12/2026

We are less than 2 weeks away from the return of the remains of Continental soldiers and their colleagues who perished here at Lake George in 1776 to where they drew their final breaths. This week's "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast features Dan Barusch, Town/Village of Lake George Director of Planning & Zoning, describing the thrilling procession on May 20 of these early patriots' remains from the State Museum in Albany, where they've been undergoing scientific study for much of the past 7 years, to Lake George.

You can access this week's podcast on the Alliance's YouTube channel. Next week's podcast will highlight what to expect at the formal reinterment ceremony taking place at Lake George Battlefield Park on May 22, starting at 11 AM.

05/04/2026

Historian and Battlefield Park Visitor Center Curation Committee member Mark Silo has spent the last several years investigating where the British provincial troops drew their defense lines in the Battle of Lake George, September 8, 1755. His findings were first published in the Winter 2023 edition of the Fort George Post and have been the subject of a number of site tours since then.

Mark has recently followed up on his initial research by comparing the 1755 landscape on the field of action with its 2026 features. As always, Mark provides some fascinating conclusions for those familiar with the physical features of Lake George Battlefield Park.

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04/27/2026

This week's "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast again features Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts, this time to tell us of the Saratoga County 250 Commission's tour about the 1780 raid on Ballston and features historian James E. Richmond showcasing key sites impacted by the raid. Those interested in learning more about this tour should visit https://saratoga250.com/news-events/events/guided-bus-tour-war-on-the-middleline-the-1780-raid-on-ballston for details.

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"1780 Raid on Ballston" Tour Preview w. Lauren Roberts: "Lake George Battlefield Moments" (4/27/26)

04/19/2026

This week's "Lake George Battlefield Moments" podcast welcomes back Lauren Roberts, Saratoga County Historian and Chair of their 250 Commission. This year's "Turning Point/Women in War" symposium is being held in Schuylerville on Saturday, May 2, and Lauren shares highlights of the agenda for prospective attendees. The podcast can be accessed through the Alliance's YouTube channel.

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