Battle of Valcour Island

October twenty-six, two thousand one, the USA Patriot Act is signed into law.

Battle of Valcour Bay.

The Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York on October eleven, seventeen seventy-six is regarded as one of the first naval battles of the Revolutionary War and one of the first battles fought by the US Navy.

The Benedict Arnold-led American force lost eleven ships and nearly two hundred soldiers, but defended the lake and stalled British plans to reach the upper Hudson Valley.

You hear that kind of come up a lot.

Also on the show, the remains of Continental soldiers who died in the Battle of Valcour Island were laid to rest in Saratoga County 250 years after the conflict.

We had these human remains.

We wanted to do something.

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Events this year include the Three Redneck Tenors, a holiday tribute to Motown, and magician and illusionist Rick Thomas.

250 years after the Battle of Valcour Island, the remains of Continental Army soldiers who died in the conflict have been laid to rest in Saratoga County.

The New York Public News Network's Aaron Shelley Levine reports.

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On this date, in 1776, the Battle of Valcour Island was fought on Lake Champlain off present day New York State.

British forces captured and destroyed most of an American fleet under the command of Benedict Arnold-

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The Battle of Valcour Island.

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And we have a

preview of this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, featuring more than 20 replica boats.

All that's coming up on Northern Light.

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And I'm Katherine Wheeler.

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We'll get a preview of this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain.

Plus, we'll take a look at the outdoor recreation conditions with John Warren of the New York Almanac.

The United States had to use guerrilla tactics, and by all accounts, Benedict Arnold was really good at this.

He employed this at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, which again gave the American forces time to defend the colony of New York.

um his performance in the battle of richfield in connecticut uh led to his promotion to major general um he provided a relief if you will uh maneuvers during the siege of fort stan stanwix which is where he actually got And then later he got injured during the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.

But it's during this period of time, Nia, that you begin to see why Benedict Arnold considered defecting to Great Britain.