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  2. Surrender of General Burgoyne - Wikipedia

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    The Surrender of General Burgoyne is an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull. The painting was completed in 1821 and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777, ten days after the Second ...

  3. Battles of Saratoga - Wikipedia

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    Battles of Saratoga; Part of the American Revolutionary War's Saratoga campaign: Surrender of General Burgoyne, an 1822 portrait by John Trumbull depicting John Burgoyne, a British Army general, surrendering to General Horatio Gates, who refused to take his sword.

  4. Saratoga Battle Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Saratoga Monument of 1883 commemorates the surrender of the British General Burgoyne to American General Gates in 1777. The Saratoga Battle Monument is a 155-foot (47 m) granite obelisk located in the village of Victory, Saratoga County, New York. The monument commemorates what is called the "Turning Point" of the American Revolution—the ...

  5. List of New York State Historic Markers in Saratoga County ...

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    Camp Of General Learned Before Surrender Of General Burgoyne 76: SITE OF On Us 4 At Schuylerville Saratoga, Town Of, New York: First Flax And Linen Mill In America Built 1810 77: SITE OF On Schuylerville-coveville County Road Saratoga, Town Of, New York: Wheatfields Burned By Catherine Schuyler When American Settlers Fled Before Burgoyne's ...

  6. Saratoga National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] The Saratoga Surrender Site Memorial Park marks the precise location where British General John Burgoyne surrendered his army to General Horatio Gates on October 17, 1777. [4] The 19-acre park is located nine miles north of the Saratoga Battlefield Park, and a half mile south of Schuylerville on U.S. Route 4. [4]

  7. Saratoga campaign - Wikipedia

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    In response to Burgoyne's surrender, Congress declared December 18, 1777, as a national day "for solemn Thanksgiving and praise" in recognition of the military success at Saratoga; it was the nation's first official observance of a holiday with that name. [139]

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  9. John Burgoyne - Wikipedia

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    John Burgoyne was born in Sutton, Bedfordshire on 24 February 1722, son of Army officer Captain John Burgoyne (died 1768; son of Sir John Burgoyne, 3rd Baronet), of Sherbourne, Warwickshire, [3] [4] and Anna Maria, daughter of Charles Burneston, a wealthy Hackney merchant.