Reenactments and craft brews on tap for Fort William Henry’s Battles & Beverages
Fort William Henry will be hosting its Battles & Beverages event on March 22, 2025, at the fort, 48 Canada Street, Lake George. The annual … Read more
French and Indian War
Rogers Island Visitors Center to host French & Indian War encampment and battle reenactment
Reenactors representing British, French, and Provincial soldiers, their Native American Allies and camp followers will set up an 18th Century military encampment on Rogers Island … Read more
Fort William Henry to hold Battle and Beverages event
The Fort William Henry Museum is kicking off its 70th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, March 23 with a Sutlers’ Fair, French and Indian War reenactments … Read more
Battle of Lake George: Weekend of reenactments and presentations brings history to life
The thrum of a military cadence on the skin of a snare, the deep drone and contrasting high-pitched wail of bagpipes, leaders barking commands and … Read more
Skidmore professor to discuss history and fiction in “Last of the Mohicans”
Thursday, Aug. 3, Dr. Nick Junkerman, an Associate Professor of Literature at Skidmore College, will present “James Fenimore Cooper: History & Fiction in ‘The Last … Read more
Philip Schuyler Program draws standing-room-only crowd
He was a British officer during the French and Indian War, a Continental Army General during the American Revolution, a confidant of George Washington, and … Read more
French and Indian War Reenactors meet for Vaudreuil’s Raid
Musket fire and cries of “Vive la France” echoed off the Lake George ice this Saturday, March 25, as French and Indian War reenactors recreated … Read more
Photos: Fort William Henry commemorates Fort surrender
August 9, 1757, at noon, the French took possession of Fort William Henry. The British surrender brought an end to a six-day siege that left … Read more
1755 war dead remembered at the Grave of Unknown Soldiers in Lake George
“These are the guys that started it all,” said Lyn Hohmann, waving her hand toward the granite monument decorated with a wreath and fresh flowers … Read more