SARATOGA MONUMENT REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL TOWER
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.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
War Memorial Tower
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
HOWARD C. OHLHOUS
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