Crab Island

This is the 23rd year that Friends of Crab Island, the American Legion and other veterans groups paid tribute to soldiers who died during the Battle of Plattsburgh on September 11, 1814 and are buried on Crab Island, offshore of Plattsburgh. But it was the first time the commemoration has not been held on the island.

The Town of Plattsburgh and veterans’ groups have announced that construction will soon begin on a memorial project to commemorate soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and beyond.

While most of the country today remembers the attack on the U.S. 18 years ago, memorials are also being held in New York’s North Country to commemorate…