Long-lost remains of 44 Revolutionary War soldiers will finally get proper burial in NY town
The remains of 44 Revolutionary War soldiers will be properly buried in Lake George, New York, after being discovered during a construction project. Archaeologists recovered the bones, which were later reconstructed to tell the stories of the fallen soldiers. The burial ceremony is part of a larger memorial project honoring their sacrifice.
- ▪The remains were unearthed during a construction project in 2019.
- ▪Researchers reconstructed the identities of the soldiers from thousands of bone fragments.
- ▪A forensic artist created a facial reconstruction of a teenage soldier.
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US News Long-lost remains of 44 Revolutionary War soldiers will finally get proper burial in NY town By Natalie O'Neill Published May 20, 2026, 5:17 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It’s a funeral nearly 250 years in the making. The long-lost remains of what’s likely more than 40 Revolutionary War soldiers will be returned to an upstate town for a proper burial in a military graveyard Friday, officials said. The fallen Army officers — whose bones were unearthed by chance during a construction project seven years ago — will be laid to rest in caskets at Lake George’s Battlefield Park as part of a sprawling 700,000 memorial project.
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