Fort Edward

The fort, held by roughly 2,500 British and colonial troops under Lieutenant Colonel George Monroe, was bombarded for six days.

On August 9th, Monroe surrendered under terms that allowed his men to march to Fort Edward under French protection.

The next day, Montcalm's native allies attacked the withdrawing column, killing and capturing many.

The event became known as the Massacre of Fort William Henry, and later inspired The Last of the Mohicans.

Uh, Lake Luzerne is supposed to be the lake you're seeing in the beginning of the film.

Glens Falls, New York, which is known as the southern, um, gateway to the Adirondacks, and also Fort Edward in Argyle, New York.

And the film was shot in Upstate New York from September 1982 to October 1982.

I think it was like-

Yes, well, happily for the Americans, they hadn't figured this out, uh, to perfection yet.

So two days after the, uh, the Jane McCrea massacre, as it was called, the British arrive at Fort Edward, which is on the Hudson River.

On the Hudson River.

Now, they can almost theoretically sail down the Hudson as the British sail up the Hudson, and, uh, the, the Americans will be done for.

It was only 14 miles, so 20 kilometers really, uh, between Lake Champlain and, uh, Fort Edward and the Hudson River.

But it had taken the British, uh, three weeks- Because of the delaying, uh, tactics used by the Americans.

And the Americans also, um, were quite astute, and this brings up your General Giáp and Mao Zedong, uh, point, uh, Atul.

From thence he removed to Granville, Washington County, near a place known as Slyborough, where, for some years, he labored on the farm of Clark Northup, also a relative of his old master.

From thence he removed to the Olden farm, at Moss Street, a short distance north of the village of Sandy Hill; and from thence to the farm now owned by Russell Pratt, situated on the road leading from Fort Edward to Argyle, where he continued to reside until his death, which took place on the twenty-second day of November, 1829.

He left a widow and two children: myself, and Joseph, an elder brother.

The latter is still living in the county of Oswego, near the city of that name.

It has also been the source of consolation since, affording pleasure to the simple beings with whom my lot was cast, and beguiling my own thoughts for many hours from the painful contemplation of my fate.

On Christmas day, 1829, I was married to Anne Hampton, a colored girl then living in the vicinity of our residence.

The ceremony was performed at Fort Edward, by Timothy Eddy, Esq., a magistrate of that town, and still a prominent citizen of the place.

She had resided a long time at Sandy Hill with Mr. Baird, proprietor of the Eagle Tavern, and also in the family of Rev.

so what significant things that you'd like to really focus on are those issues currently being discussed that are scheduled in the upcoming session i

think some of the most important issues that we're dealing with in the 43rd are related to infrastructure ensuring that you know we have clean drinking water we don't have lead pipes We don't have PFAS being burned in our communities like in Fort Edward.

As a state legislator, you can really have a role and have a say in not only pushing the state agencies, but working with local communities and partners in the state assembly or the governor's office to ensure that we're getting our share.

And that's the problem that we're having now.