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Hallowing This Ground: The Courtland Street Burials and Lake George Battlefield

  • Wyman Osterhout Community Center 7 The Old Rd Voorheesville, NY 12186 (map)

Lisa Anderson, Bioarchaeologist, will provide a gripping look into the excavation and forensic study of the Courtland Street Burying Ground, a site now linked to the American Revolution and the harrowing Quebec Campaign of 1775–1776. Believed to be associated with the General Hospital at Fort George, the burial site held the remains of individuals who endured war and disease.

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