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Saratoga National Historical ParkJohn Neilson Farmhouse: this small, red, one-room building is the only structure on the battlefield from the time of the battles.
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Saratoga National Historical Park
Virtual Tour
 
Composite picture showing four Battlefield tour scenes.  These are the Neilson House at top left, fortification marker posts at top right, the

Saratoga National Historical Park

Four battlefield views: Neilson House, marker posts, Boot Monument, and Great Redoubt.

Welcome to Saratoga National Historical Park, which preserves and interprets sites associated with the American Revolutionary War Battles of Saratoga —the “most important battle of the last 1000 years.”

Use this link to begin your Battlefield tour!

 
Modern flag of Germany.  

Did You Know?
Hessians? Most of the German soldiers rented by Britain's King George III were from the province of Hesse-Cassel. Americans called them Hessians. At the Battles of Saratoga, most of the German soldiers were from Brunswick; they were Brunswickers, but we Americans called all the Germans "Hessians".

Last Updated: March 23, 2008 at 12:48 EST