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June 22, 2024

EDITORIAL: Renaming Battle of Saratoga site could have big impact

What’s in a name? When it comes to competing for tourist dollars, what’s in a name could be big bucks. That’s one of the reasons, and a legitimate one, for the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors’ request to the National Park Service and Congress to add the name “battlefield” to the historic site where the two Battles of Saratoga took place in September and October of 1777.

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Woman speaking at a podium during a press conference with Revolutionary War reenactors in the background

Original Source: Daily Gazette Editorial Board / Photo: Tyler A. McNeil

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