From the June 3, 2020, Plattsburgh (NY) Sun 'Monumental' drone footage by Alina Walentowicz.
Alternative planning continues for the Battle of Plattsburgh (BOP) commemorations which will be virtual this year in September. Local history enthusiast Tom Donahue has gotten drone footage of the Macdonough monument across from city hall in downtown Plattsburgh.
It is sometimes called the Battle of lake Champlain (which is what I've always called it, but then I'm kind of a Navy guy myself, so).
Commodore Thomas Macdonough was around 30 years of age at the time of the battle and had been promoted to the rank of master commandant the year before. He commanded a small American fleet of 14 ships which were mostly constructed in Vergennes, Vermont.
The monument honoring him is 135-feet and made of Indiana limestone. At the battle, he was serving under General Alexander Macomb.
Total number of Americans at the battle were 4,000. The British numbered 14,000 and the battle took place on both land and water.
--Brock-Perry
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