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 * [Saratoga National Historical Park]
 * Fact: ''Here in 1777, American forces met, defeated, and forced a major British army to surrender, an event which led France to recognize the independence of the United States, and enter the war as a decisive military ally of the struggling Americans.
 * MLA Citation: “Saratoga National Historical Park.” The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, 2018, pp. The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, 2018.
 * ISBN: 1-78684-568-7
 * Quote: General John Burgoyne was marching a British column of about 4,000 troops from Canada to join General Sir William Howe who was based lower down the Hudson River. They met a 3,000-strong American force under Benedict Arnold near Saratoga 19 September. After two hours of hard fighting, the result was inconclusive, though both sides suffered severe casualties and eventually withdrew. Burgoyne launched another attack 7 October, but the Americans were prepared for it and met him with a spoiling attack, forcing the British to retreat 19 km/12 mi from Saratoga and entrench. On 17 October Burgoyne surrendered to the American commander General Horatio Gates, who by now had some 5,000 troops.

Memorial Builders for the Battle of Saratoga and ethnicity

Strange, Carolyn.The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era; Normal Vol. 14, Iss. 2, (Apr 2015): 194-221. DOI:10.1017/S1537781414000796

The building of memorials and the builders themselves played an important role for the history of Saratoga and the ethnicity behind it. It was important to identify the memorial builders by their class and ethnicity, but also just as important to capture their importance of their conviction. They were known to inspire a nation and hold it together through the Revolution’s capacity. Monument planning tested their strength and resolve.

Female loyalist in the Battle of Saratoga

Millis, Marvin. “Patience Rose, Teen Loyalist: a Not-Forgotten Heroine of Saratoga.” The Loyalist Gazette, vol. 45, no. 2, 2007, p. 18.

Patience was a Female who helped assist troops during the battle of Saratoga. She was a resident of Saratoga and knew of all the land like the back of her hand. She was able to aid the Majesty’s forces and saved a ton of soldiers’ lives.

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Paragraph 1: "For almost thirty years prior to 1816, Patience and her husband, Philip Switzer UE, had resided in Prince Edward County, in South Marysburgh Township. The whole family was well known by Henry Young UE. When he learned that Philip was seeking to have a vacant piece of land next to his own, Henry provided a character reference that he believed would assist the family. Henry had not forgotten the deed of Patience's youth and so he was there to repay her for her past life-saving effort."

Summary 1: A Female by the name of Patience Rose helped Troops during The Battle of Saratoga, saving countless lives and became a valued assistance during the war as well as made such an impact on the prince that it paid of in the end.

Paragraph 2: "The gulf between classes, and the contentious inequalities between the sexes. 11Instead, memorials to the Revolution built in the late nineteenth century narrated tales of white heroes and planted them on the grounds of sacrifice where a more diverse array of indigenous and African American fighters had lost their lives.12A wave of monument fever and statue mania swept the nation in the Gilded Age as self-appointed "guardians of tradition," including the trustees of the SMA, stewarded projects that glorified the white nation's origins.13However, frustration and failures beset patriotic monument building, despite the many triumphs of the guardians and the confidence their promotional literature conveyed. The SMA trustees, like the individuals who formed other memorial associations, were powerful but not invincible. From the memorial's initial conception in the 1850s, up to its completion and hand-off to state authorities in the 1890s, the ambitious planners were required to make compromises every step of the way. 14"

Summary 2: The monuments of soldiers and the affected during the war were focused on white hero's and were buried where more African American people had died.