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Historic Fourth of July celebration and new Revolutionary exhibit as part of America 250 commemorations
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (272+ words) Adirondack Explorer - Backcountry Journal Outdoor news, trip ideas and more (weekly) - Ripple Effect Tracking the movement of water, climate, and policy (weekly) Wait, don't miss out on Adirondack updates! Through its news reporting and analysis, the nonprofit Adirondack Explorer furthers…...
Revolutionary War soldiers are finally laid to rest in Lake George
1+ week, 2+ day ago (889+ words) Seven years ago, Lisa Anderson surveyed what then seemed like an insurmountable task: sifting 70 dump-truck piles of soil filled with 18th-century human bones." It took 15 months of sifting and years of piecing back together what they could of the Continental…...
Expect traffic delays this week as Revolutionary War soldiers" remains make final tour
1+ week, 4+ day ago (484+ words) On Wednesday, the remains of 44 Continental Army soldiers unearthed during a Lake George construction dig in 2019, will make their last pilgrimage from the New York State Museum in Albany to their final resting place on the shores of Lake George....
Fort Ticonderoga leads as a top destination for America's 250th
1+ week, 6+ day ago (217+ words) Americans seeking to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday are finding Fort Ticonderoga on numerous national lists and collections as a best place to visit for the U. S. semiquincentennial. Open every Tuesday through Sunday until Oct. 25, Fort Ticonderoga includes 2, 000 acres of Adirondack landscape…...
Putting a face to a teenaged soldier from 1776
2+ week, 1+ day ago (514+ words) Bioarchaeologists at the New York State Museum Lisa Anderson, Julie Weatherwax and their colleagues are used to looking at skeletons'boxes of teeth, fragments of femurs and tibias, a partial skull. But with the help of university researchers and a forensic…...
Revolutionary War soldiers will finally be laid to rest in Lake George
2+ week, 4+ day ago (572+ words) The remains of 44 people, many of them believed to be male teenagers of the Continental Army, unearthed during a construction dig in 2019, will soon be laid to rest on the shores of Lake George. On Wednesday, May 20, the remains will…...
Fort Ticonderoga prepares for America's 250th reenactment
2+ week, 6+ day ago (413+ words) Adirondack Explorer - Backcountry Journal Outdoor news, trip ideas and more (weekly) - Ripple Effect Tracking the movement of water, climate, and policy (weekly) Wait, don't miss out on Adirondack updates! Through its news reporting and analysis, the nonprofit Adirondack Explorer furthers…...
Two North Country projects win NYS Historic Preservation awards
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (17+ words) Two North Country projects received state historic preservation awards, one in Chester and one in Saranac Lake....
Adirondack history: The Reveille, the first newspaper in Essex County
3+ week, 2+ day ago (952+ words) There was no Fox News, no CNN, no Instagram. So when the War of 1812 approached, how was the average person in Elizabethtown or Ticonderoga supposed to find out what was going on? The Reveille. That's right, the very first newspaper…...
Local history book covers the Blitz Buggy Corporation of Old Forge
3+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) Adirondack Explorer Through its news reporting and analysis, the nonprofit Adirondack Explorer furthers the wise stewardship, public enjoyment for all, community vitality, and lasting protection of the Adirondack park. Keep up with the stories that matter. Google recently introduced a…...