Courtesy: Architect of the Capitol, Washington DC

Surrender of British General Burgoyne to American General Gates after the Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777. Painting by John Trumbull.

The actual British surrender did not occur here, but rather, took place about a mile downhill, east and slightly north from here, on October 17, 1777.

Saratoga Monument, surrounded by scaffolding during its construction.

Saratoga Monument wasn’t built until the late 19^th century. In 1877, a group of private citizens, the Saratoga Monument Association, obtained this piece of property and this was where they built this Monument. 

They built it with two main purposes in mind: commemorating the American victory in the Battle of Saratoga, and helping teach and remind people about the American Revolution and that critical American victory at Saratoga. 

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