Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site

Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Bennington Battlefield
nrhp_type = nhl



caption = The Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site in Walloomsac, New York, where the Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777.
nearest_city= Walloomsac, NY
area = 1250 acres
built =
architect=
architecture=
locmapin=New York
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 56 | lat_seconds = 19 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 18 | long_seconds = 16 | long_direction = W
designated = January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=407&ResourceType=Site
title=Bennington Battlefield|date=2007-09-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = New York State
refnum=66000564

Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site is the Rensselaer County, New York location where the Battle of Bennington occurred on the 16th of August 1777. Here, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts militia under General John Stark rebuffed a British attempt led by Colonel Friedrich Baum to capture American stores. The American victory cut off supplies to British General John Burgoyne as he made his push toward Albany, New York and set the stage for his subsequent surrender at Saratoga. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on 1961citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000564.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bennington Battlefield] |242 KB|author=Richard Greenwood|date=November 24, 1975|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000564.pdf "Accompanying 10 photos from 1967 and 1975"] |1.28 MB] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places when the Register was created in 1966.

It is located on Route 67 in Walloomsac, New York, and is owned by New York State and by private owners.

Although the battle took place at this site entirely within New York State, the Bennington Monument, about 10 miles away in Vermont, also commemorates the Battle of Bennington.

References

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=3 Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site] at NYS OPRHP
* [http://www.heritageny.gov/revwar/sites.cfm?id=65&PageNum_getALLsites=1&topic=RW Revolutionary War Heritage Trail: Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/107bennington/107bennington.htm "The Battle of Bennington: An American Victory," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]


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