Lake George Colonial Wars Walking Tour Stop 21: Fort William Henry Cemetery Memorial
In May of 1993 Fort William Henry modified an outdoor exhibit on the site of the old colonial cemetery. The exhibit portrays the 1950s excavation, when the fort was restored.
At one time human skeletal remains were on display from the 1757 siege and massacre (note: they are no longer on display). In 1993, these skeletal remains were examined by Dr. Maria Liston, an anthropologist from SUNY Adirondack (known then as Adirondack Community College).
According to Dr. Liston, "the information from the skeletons can supplement, and at times verify the historical accounts, providing details of life not available from other sources. The [fort's] soldiers suffered not only from war-related trauma, but from pronounced physical stress, often in conjunction with infectious disease."
This "Colonial Wars" guide that Mannix Marketing has adapted for lakegeorge.com, with the Alliance's OK, is attributed to Bateaux Below, Inc.
We hope you enjoyed this walk through history. You can read more about Lake George's history, here.
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TOUR WRITTEN BY: Dr. Russell P. Bellico, Bob Benway, Tim Cordell, John Farrell, Scott Padeni and Joseph W. Zarzynski
ART BY: Tim Cordell
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Bob Benway
©1996, 2022 Bateaux Below, Inc. Reprinted 2022 with the permission of Bateaux Below, Inc. Historical updates provided by Dr. Russell P. Bellico and Dr. Lyn Karig Hohmann The reproduction of this brochure has been made possible by an Occupancy Tax Grant award from the Town of Lake George.
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SUGGESTED READING LIST:
Bellico, Russell P. - Chronicles of Lake George - Journeys in War and Peace. Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY, 1995.
Bellico, Russell P. - Sails and Steam in the Mountains – A Maritime and Military History of Lake George and Lake Champlain. Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY, 2001.
Bellico, Russell P. - Empires in the Mountains - French and Indian War Campaigns and Forts in the Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Hudson River Corridor. Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY 2010.
Griffith IV, William R. - The Battle of Lake George - England’s First Triumph in the French and Indian War. History Press, Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
Steele, Ian K. - Betrayals – Fort William Henry & The “Massacre.” Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1990.
Zarzynski, Joseph W. - Ghost Fleet Awakened - Lake George’s Sunken Bateaux of 1758. State University of New York, Albany, NY, 2019.
