SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y. -- Long before 10th Mountain Division Soldiers were marching through the North Country, the U.S. military presence in the area left its boot prints on the ground.

As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible link to the nation's earliest days. Fort Hamilton, overlooking the ...

The British military invaded Brooklyn with an awesome show of force, landing 15,000 men by noon, on August 22, 1776, marking one of the darkest days of the American Revolution.