Saratoga National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Town of Stillwater in eastern New York, 30 miles north of Albany.

The park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga. In 2015, the United States Mint released a commemorative quarter as part of the America the Beautiful series honoring the park.

Description

The park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War. Here in 1777, American forces met, defeated, and forced a major British army to surrender, an event which led France to recognize the independence of the United States, and enter the war as a decisive military ally of the struggling Americans.

First authorized as a New York state historic preserve in 1927 on the sesquicentennial of the Battles, the Battlefield was made part of the National Park System in 1938 when Saratoga National Historical Park was authorized by the United States Congress.

The Visitors Center offers a 20-minute orientation film, fiber-optic light map, timeline and artifact displays. A brochure is available for a self-guided tour of sites in the battlefield in Stillwater. General Philip Schuyler's Schuyler House is located north in Schuylerville. It is a restored house museum open by tour. The Saratoga Battle Monument is in the nearby village of Victory.

The park is located on the upper Hudson River southeast of Saratoga Springs. It contains the famous Boot Monument to Benedict Arnold, the only war memorial in the United States that does not bear the name of its honoree. The memorial was donated by John Watts de Peyster, a former major general for the New York State Militia during the American Civil War who wrote several military histories about the Battle of Saratoga.

Saratoga Surrender Site Memorial Park

thumb|left|upright=0.6|Saratoga Surrender Site Memorial Park sign

In 2021, management of the site where the British Army surrendered was transferred to the National Park Service.

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Image:Saratoga Battlefied.jpg|View of the battlefield

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Image:GeneralSchylerHouse.JPG|General Philip Schuyler House

Image:Saratoga-tower.jpg| Masonic Saratoga Monument

Image:15 23 0769 saratoga.jpg|View from middle level of monument

Image:15 23 0778 saratoga.jpg|View from top of monument

Image:15 23 0786 saratoga.jpg|View from top of monument

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Further reading

  • Lossing, Benson J. Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, I. 1850.
  • Stone, William L., translator. Letters and Journals relating to the War of the American Revolution, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga, by Mrs. General Riedesel. Joel Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1867.
  • Official website at the National Park Service
  • Saratoga: The Tide Turns on the Frontier, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
  • The Marshall House website