Saratoga Battle Monument
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The Saratoga Battle Monument is a 155-foot granite obelisk located in the village of Victory, Saratoga County, New York. The monument commemorates what is called the "Turning Point" of the American Re
The Saratoga Monument of 1883 commemorates the surrender of the British General Burgoyne to American General Gates in 1777
Saratoga Battle Monument under construction in 1877
John C. Markham, designer of the Monument
Plaque: Women of the Revolution
Benedict Arnold
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Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of maj
Saratoga Battle Monument
…visitors, it evokes the memory of an American General who led heroically in combat at Saratoga but later placed himself outside any niche of honor, Benedict Arnold. Facing west is the bronze statue of American Colonel Daniel Morgan, whose riflemen and light infantry troops were positioned west of here to prevent…
1776 portrait
Dedication plaque on Groton Monument in Groton, Connecticut, to victims of Arnold's slaughter following the Battle of Groton Heights:This monument was erected under the patronage of the State of Connecticut in the 55th year of the Independence of the U.S.A. in memory of the brave patriots massacred at Fort Griswold near this spot on the 6th of Sept. AD 1781, when the British, under the command of the Traitor Benedict Arnold, burnt the towns of New London and Groton and spread desolation and woe throughout the region.
A 1766 political cartoon on the repeal of the Stamp Act
Major General Horatio Gates led the forces at Saratoga; Portrait of Horatio Gates by Gilbert Stuart, 1793–1794.