Saratoga County Awarded $200K Grant for Battlefield Interpretation Exhibit

SARATOGA COUNTY — Saratoga County has been awarded $200,000 for a Battlefield Interpretation Grants project, recently announced Congressman Paul Tonko, who had advocated to the National Park Service for Saratoga County to receive this funding for the implementation of technology to establish new, immersive exhibits that will interpret the figures and events that took place during the American Revolution.

 “As we rapidly approach the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga, our region will receive national and international attention and increased awareness of its role and importance in the war for our nation’s independence,” Congressman Tonko said in a statement. “The grant to Saratoga County will help to better tell that rich local history from diverse new perspectives, which is why I pushed to deliver this federal funding.” 

 The grant funds from the National Park Service will help the county tell the stories of the Battles of Saratoga to a new generation and “reignite enthusiasm for our area’s revolutionary history through interactive experiences that merge modern technology with compelling true accounts of the past,” said Lauren Roberts, Saratoga County Historian and Chair of the Saratoga County 250th American Revolution Commission.