Saratoga National Historical Park
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, United States |
| Nearest city | Saratoga Springs, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°59′56″N 73°38′15″W / 42.99889°N 73.63750°WCoordinates: 42°59′56″N 73°38′15″W / 42.99889°N 73.63750°W |
| Area | 3,392 acres (13.73 km2) |
| Established | June 1, 1938 |
| Visitors | 65,043 (in 2011) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
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| NRHP Reference # | 66000569 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Saratoga National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Town of Stillwater in eastern New York, forty miles (64 km) north of Albany. The park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga.
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 four-square-mile (10 km2) battlefield in Stillwater. General Philip Schuyler's Schuyler House is located eight miles (13 km) north in Schuylerville. It is a restored house museum open by tour. The Saratoga Monument is in the nearby village of Victory.
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