The gunboat sank during the Revolutionary War and wasn't found for 159 years. The Smithsonian is sprucing it up for America's 250th birthday.

In two months, the Plattsburgh region will commemorate a battle on Lake Champlain that helped lead to the end of the War of 1812. On September 11, 1814 British warships engaged a small American fleet ...

Lake Champlain was the site of several naval battles during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The general consensus had been that it was best to keep shipwrecks in the lake because the cold ...

Beman, Lynn S., "Julian O. Davidson, 1853-1894, American marine artist: Exhibition, September 14-November 16, 1986," New City, N.Y.: The Historical Society of ...

PLATTSBURGH — The Battle of Plattsburgh festivities kicked off at the Battlefield Memorial Gateway, Thursday, with a ceremony of remembrance for all those who fought or gave their life for this ...

PLATTSBURGH — At 8:40 a.m. on September 11, 1814, the USS Saratoga, the American naval flagship under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough, shot off the main anchor of HMS Confiance, the Royal Navy ...

1. History of the Military and Naval Events Leading to the American Defense of Lake Champlain in 1776 -- 2. Building the American Fleet -- 3. Building the British Fleet -- 4. The American Fleet ...

PERU, N.Y. -- More than 229 years ago, Gen. Benedict Arnold led his crew of sailors on Lake Champlain against a far superior British fleet near this town and lost.