SARATOGA MONUMENT REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL TOWER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Tower
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: HOWARD C. OHLHOUS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TRIUMPHANT FROM THEIR SPECTACULAR VICTORY IN THE BATTLES OF SARATOGA AMERICAN TROOPS PURSUED BRITISH FORCES THAT RETREATED TO THESE GROUNDS. AFTER A BRIEF SIEGE, THE BRITISH SURRENDERED, MARCHED DOWN THIS HILL AND LAID DOWN THEIR WEAPONS ON OCTOBER 17, 1777-A CRUCIAL EVENT IN WINNING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
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