Date: September 19, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Fort William Henry Conference Center
Cost: Free
Professor Len Travers will discuss the importance of activity across Lake George region during the year following the construction of Fort William Henry. Between Braddock’s disaster in 1755 and the siege and massacre at Fort William Henry in 1757, the year 1756 is often overlooked by historians of the French and Indian War. Len Travers will discuss his research of the continuous scouting and raiding that travelled along and around Lake George during this year. Although overshadowed by the legendary exploits of Robert Rogers and his Rangers, much of this dangerous work was done by average Provincial soldiers. One of these scouting missions was the subject Professor Travers’ book Hodges’ Scout. This patrol was nearly annihilated on September 19th, 1756. As this talk occurs on the 268th anniversary of this tragic event, Professor Travers will include details of this event as well as accounts of some of members of patrol who survived but spent the remainder of the war as captives.
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