After a series of discouraging military defeats, on this day in 1777 Continental Army troops ... When the troops again clashed in the Second Battle of Saratoga, Burgoyne’s army was broken.

STILLWATER, N.Y. (NEWS10) — July 4 celebrations with fireworks are possible because of the booming sounds on a battlefield in the Capital Region back in 1777. The Battles of Saratoga were a ...

In honor of the holiday, Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater offered a special program recognizing Americans who fought and died in the 1777 Revolutionary War Battles of Saratoga.

of the Albany County Militia – a unit that fought the British during the pivotal Battle of Saratoga 1777. Their encampment along the riverbank, complete with field kitchen, a cooking pit ...

Dean Snow’s book, titled “1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga,” focuses on a 32-day period from four days before the first battle in mid-September to Oct. 17, 1777, when the British surrendered ...

An invading British army was defeated by American forces in October 1777 after losing the second of two battles fought at Saratoga. Archaeologists excavated land sites at the battlefield last year.

STILLWATER — A depiction of the 1777 British surrender to American rebels at the Battles of Saratoga will represent New York in the U.S. Mint's latest set of specialized quarters, it was ...

1777, 10 days after their defeat in the second Saratoga battle. Many historians consider Saratoga the turning point of the war because the American victory convinced the French to join the fight ...

The American Battlefield Trust has preserved other properties related to the Saratoga campaign in 1777 in Fort Ann and Hoosick. The land associated with the campaign and the two Battles of ...