NY Army Guard honors Revolutionary War Soldiers killed in 1776 Lake Champlain naval fight
SCHUYLERVILLE, New York— American Soldiers killed in a naval battle on Lake Champlain 250 years ago were honored by the New York Army National Guard on Tuesday, Oct. 13. A New York Army National Guard Honor Guard provided military funeral honors for the remains of crewmen from the gunboat Philadelphia during a ceremony held at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. The boat, manned by 44 Soldiers who were mostly members of the New Hampshire militia, was sunk by a British ship during the October 11,1776, Battle of Valcour Island.
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