“In early February 2019, the remains of 44 patriots were discovered quietly resting beneath the ground in a nation that has long since moved on without them. As we prepare to celebrate 250 years of this American adventure, we gather here today to lay them to rest with the dignity they were never given.”
These opening remarks were made by Lake George Town Supervisor Vincent Crocitto Jr. at the Repose of the Fallen Dedication and Reinterment Ceremony held Friday, May 22, in Lake George. Several hundred gathered at the memorial to honor and witness the respectful reinterment of the Revolutionary War patriots whose final breaths were taken at what is now Lake George Battlefield Park.