Revolutionary Gunboat

During the Battle of Valcour Bay on Oct. 11, 1776, a cannon on the gunboat New York exploded. All but one of its pieces had been recovered. On Monday July 20, 2026, researchers brought the final piece of the cannon to the surface.

During its first year, New York's 250th Commemoration Commission plans to help heritage organizations across the state plan programming to promote events highlighting the state’s participation in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.

The remains of a Revolutionary War battleship burned and sunk as the Americans and British struggled for control of Lake Champlain are being turned over…