More than 40 Continental soldiers finally laid to rest with military honors in New York earlier this year were likely members of the First Pennsylvania Battalion during the Revolutionary War 250 years ago.
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Photos: Honoring some of the nation’s first patriots in Lake George
A procession of Revolutionary War reenactors carries caskets containing the remains of four Revolutionary War soldiers on Friday during a burial ceremony at Lake George Battlefield Park in Lake George. The skeletal remains were among those of 44 people, mostly young Continental Army soldiers, unearthed at a Lake George construction site. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
Repose of the Fallen Memorial dedicated at reinterment ceremony
“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…
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After 250 years, Revolutionary War-era soldiers finally laid to rest in upstate New York
For more than 40 Revolutionary War-era soldiers, the long journey to their final resting place fittingly ended on Memorial Day weekend in the idyllic southeastern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. Former service members donning white gloves carried small pine boxes from the New York State Museum in Albany and gently loaded them onto vintage military…
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Young Revolutionary War Heroes Laid to Rest for Memorial Day After Construction Unexpectedly Unearthed Their Remains
They were just in their teens and 20s when they sacrificed their lives in the fight for independence leading to the birth of the United States. Now, 250 years later, they are being honored for their service. The remains of more than 40 Revolutionary War soldiers were given their final resting place at a new…
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44 Revolutionary War soldiers reinterred at Lake George after 2019 discovery
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — Along the shores of Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains, the sound of a young nation still echoes, nearly 250 years later. And carried on that path are the brave soldiers bearing the bodies of a nation not yet born.
Photo Gallery — May 22, 2026 Repose of the Fallen Memorial Ceremony
On May 22, 2026, hundreds of attendees gathered at Lake George Battlefield Park for the Repose of the Fallen memorial ceremony, honoring the 44 Revolutionary War soldiers and civilians whose remains were discovered in 2019 and ceremonially reinterred following years of archaeological research, historical investigation, and community collaboration. Hover over the photo below and use…
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Photo Gallery — May 20, 2026 Procession from Albany to Lake George
On May 20, 2026, a ceremonial motorcade escorted the remains of 44 Revolutionary War patriots from the New York State Museum in Albany to their final resting place in Lake George. Led by the New York State Police, accompanied by Patriot Guard Riders, and transported in historic military vehicles, the procession traveled approximately 60 miles…
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Lake George to Honor its Revolutionary Roots
In February 2019, a backhoe operator for a construction crew building a duplex a block from Canada Street in the Village of Lake George spotted something sticking out of the side of a trench. Closer examination revealed the objects to be human bones. Lots of them.
Ahead of America 250, Governor Kathy Hochul Announced Completion of Major Lake George Downtown Revitalization Initiative Project
Governor Kathy Hochul announces the completion of the “Repose of the Fallen” Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) project during a memorial and reinterment ceremony held in the Village of Lake George. The memorial project is dedicated to several patriots believed to have been associated with the Continental Army when they died 250 years ago during the…
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