Saratoga Battle Monument

[T]he Monument is situated on a high bluff upon the grounds of Burgoyne’s last camp and overlooks the scenic Hudson Valley.

Other interior decorative items include ornamental ceramic tile, brass moldings, stained glass and terracotta cornices.

[2]On 17 October 1856, a group met at the General Schuyler House in Schuylerville, New York to discuss creation of a monument to celebrate the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga.

In 1859, the Saratoga Monument Association was organized, with a board of fourteen permanent directors: George Strover, William Wilcox, Henry Holmes, James M. Marvin, John A. Corey, James M. Cook, Leroy Mowry, Asa C. Tefft, Peter Gansevoort, Hamilton Fish, Phillip Schuyler, George W. Blecker, and Horatio Seymour.

The association asked each of the thirteen original states to pledge $5,000 each, but only Rhode Island replied with a conditional offer.

On 17 October 1877, 100 years to the day after Burgoyne's surrender, the cornerstone of the monument was laid with great pageantry, including a parade two miles long to the site, music, speeches and the reading of Fitz-Greene Halleck's "The Field of Grounded Arms":[3] ... And such were Saratoga’s victors—such The Yeomen-Brave, whose deeds and death have given A glory to her skies, A music to her name.

[10] Final funding for the Saratoga Battle Monument consisted of $2,300 from private donations, $95,000 from the federal government, and $10,000 from New York State.