Soldiers given burial ceremony at historic site

Demands have been made for the return of soldiers' skeletons to Fort William Henry in New York after it emerged today they were never laid to rest during a burial ceremony at the site nearly 20 years ago. The remains of unidentified soldiers who fought during the 1755 Indian and French War near the American fort - which was the historical setting for The Last of the Mohicans - were discovered in the 1950s during an excavation of the site.

The grisly remains were on display until 1993 when a well-publicized reburial ceremony was held to honor the redcoats and American provincial soldiers whose remains were being re-interred in the newly-built cemetery at the fort. But staff at the historical site have now admitted that only three of the 15 18th-century skeletons found when archaeologists excavated the site ahead of the fort being rebuilt, were actually buried because the rest were being studied in other parts of the country.

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