Our History
The Lake George Battlefield Park was the scene of major battles during the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War, and the home of Fort George, a key anchor of first British and then American military strategies in those world-changing conflicts. Enveloped by the natural beauty of the Adirondack Mountains in the town of Lake George, the site’s history reflects its prominence as part of the crucial Hudson River-Lake George-Lake Champlain corridor in the mid-to-late 18th Century.
Provided through the links below are articles that tell the stories of the people and the historic events that the Battlefield Park commemorates as part of its legacy in the making of the United States of America:
- 1755: "Sir William, Where Exactly Were Your Lines?", Mark Silo
- 1755-56: "Shipbuilding During the 1755-1756 Campaigns at Lake George", Russell P. Bellico
- 1757: "The Entrenched Camp", Russell P. Bellico
- 1758-59: "The Stockaded Forts at The Battlefield Park", Russell P. Bellico
- 1759: "Building Fort George", Russell P. Bellico
- 1760-75: "Fort George Between Two Wars", Russell P. Bellico
- 1775: "Fort George Reactivated", Russell P. Bellico
- 1776: "The Crucial Role of Fort George in 1776", Russell P. Bellico
- "Fort George 1777: Evacuation and Occupation", Russell P. Bellico
- 1778-1780: "British Incursions into the Lake Valleys: Fort George, 1778-1780", Russell P. Bellico
- 1781-1783: "Fort George during the Final Years of the American Revolution", Russell P. Bellico
- "The Unknown Soldiers' Memorial", John DiNuzzo
- "Statues in the Lake George Battlefield Park", John DiNuzzo