• Scenic rural landscape with green lawn, cloud-flecked blue sky, and autumn foliage punctuated by a small, deep red farmhouse and red cannon carriages.

    Saratoga

    National Historical Park New York

Coming Soon to the Park

Green recycling logo with text saying Recycled Art Show

Schedule for "Celebrate Earth Week - 2011"
--a partnership series of events between Saratoga National Historical Park and Hudson Crossing Park

Friday, April 15th
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
location: Battlefield Visitor Center
--setup for "Recycled Art Show"
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
--Reception for "Recycled Art Show"
--Unveiling of exhibit on Carbon Footprints

Saturday, April 16th
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
location: Battlefield Visitor Center
--"Recycled Art Show" and exhibit on Carbon Footprints

Sunday, April 17th
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
location: Battlefield Visitor Center
--"Recycled Art Show" and exhibit on Carbon Footprints
5:00 PM
--Awards for Recycled Art Show
6:00 PM
--Artists pick up artwork

Also on Sunday, April 17th
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
location: Hudson Crossing Park, US Rt. 4, Schuylerville
--Canal Clean Sweep at Hudson Crossing Park "Play Garden," just off US Route 4 north of the Village of Schuylerville

Wednesday, April 20th
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
location: Battlefield Visitor Center
--Armchair Tour of Champlain Canalway Trail

Friday, April 22nd
2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
location: Hudson Crossing Park, US Rt. 4, Schuylerville
--Electronics recycling
--Exhibit on Carbon Footprints

Saturday, April 23rd
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
location: Battlefield Visitor Center
--Eco Day at Saratoga National Historical Park: demonstrations and exhibits on renewable/sustainable energy, Carbon Footprints exhibit; "Songs of Nature and the Land" with Linda Russell

Did You Know?

A park volunteer, dressed as an American soldier, helps orient visitors to what they are seeing.

Not all American soldiers during the Revolutionary War used dark blue uniforms trimmed with red. Some did, but a number of different colors were in use. Some of the German soldiers at the Battles of Saratoga also wore dark blue uniforms.  Think it could be confusing sometimes?