Remains of Over 40 Soldiers From Revolutionary War Finally Buried

The long-lost remains of 44 Revolutionary War soldiers will finally get proper burial after 250 years in a New York State town. A public reinterment ceremony was held on Friday, May 22, 2026, when the soldiers’ remains were finally laid to rest with honor at Lake George Battlefield Park in Lake George, New York. The remains were discovered in 2019 during construction work in what has since been known as Courtland Street Burying Ground. Research suggested that the soldiers likely died in the summer of 1776 inside a makeshift hospital at Fort George after contracting smallpox or another disease while serving in Canada.