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40+ Revolutionary Soldiers Reburied with Honors at Lake George

5/25/2026

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Over 40 Revolutionary War soldiers were buried with full military honors at Lake George Battlefield Park during Memorial Day.
Archaeologists uncovered the graves in 2019, identified teenage and twenty-year-old recruits by pewter buttons from Pennsylvania Battalion of the 1775-76 Quebec Campaign.
New York State Museum scientists timed the reburial for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, offering dignity.

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Over 40 Revolutionary War soldiers were buried with full military honors at Lake George Battlefield Park during Memorial Day.
Archaeologists uncovered the graves in 2019, identified teenage and twenty-year-old recruits by pewter buttons from Pennsylvania Battalion of the 1775-76 Quebec Campaign.
New York State Museum scientists timed the reburial for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, offering dignity.