- City:
- Stillwater, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Military and Public Safety, Archaeology and History, Monuments and Memorials, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This park commemorates the first major American victory of the Revolutionary War in 1777.
“Establishment of a national park to commemorate the Saratoga battles, authorized by Congress in 1938, came about largely due to the direction provided by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The National Park Service accepted 1,430 acres from New York State, although the area remained under state administration. A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established at the park in 1939. Although the program by then was past its peak and was terminated in 1942 due to U.S. participation in World War II, the CCC performed the first methodical historical and archeological investigation of the battlefield.” (https://archive.org)
Source notes
https://archive.org/stream/generalmanagemen04sarat/generalmanagemen04sarat_djvu.txt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_National_Historical_ParkContribute to this Site
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