Eric Schnitzer, military historian at Saratoga National Park, will provide an overview of the military campaign which resulted in the Battles of Saratoga, leading to the first surrender of a British army in world history! Crowned the world’s “Battle of the Millenium” by the New York Times, Saratoga is generally hailed as the turning point […]
For more than 30 years, Ron Toelke has participated in historic reenactments, learning the use of such firearms as the British Brown Bess, various French muskets and other period flintlock weapons. He helped form a Revolutionary War reenactment group of the 7th Albany militia, and later, units of the Continental First New York Regiment. Several […]
Why did the Oneidas choose to help the colonists in the Revolutionary War? Ron Patterson, an Oneida member (wolf clan), will discuss the structure and traditions of the Oneida Society, the importance of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Oneida’s difficult decision to oppose their Confederacy brethren. The Oneidas made contributions at Valley Forge and other […]
