Nearly 250 years after they died during the American Revolution, dozens of soldiers have finally begun their journey home.
This morning, a solemn motorcade carrying the remains of 44 Revolutionary War-era individuals traveled from Albany toward Lake George Battlefield Park as part of the “Repose of the Fallen” project. The procession included vintage military vehicles and a motorcycle escort honoring soldiers believed to have died during the disastrous 1775 to 1776 Quebec Campaign.
The remains were first discovered in 2019 during construction work on Courtland Street in Lake George, where archaeologists uncovered a forgotten cemetery connected to the Continental Army’s smallpox hospital at nearby Fort George…