Engineering a Revolution - Saratoga: The Battle and the Park

Folks

This is not a reminder about a submarine talk. It is an invitation to another talk I do called "Saratoga: The Battle and The Park". You see, I'm also a volunteer at the Saratoga National Historical Park and I'm doing a show to reacquaint people with this great local resource located in Stillwater. This talk has been reviewed with the interpretive staff and park historian at the Saratoga Battlefield National Park. I bring park brochures and handouts for the audience.

The synopsis of the talk follows:

"Saratoga: The Battle and the Park"

There is a National Park just 19 miles (as the crow flies) north of the Albany Airport. It is the Saratoga National Historical Park, which preserves lands on which the Battles of Saratoga were fought in September and October, 1777 during America's revolutionary war. The talk describes British Major General John Burgoyne's Northern Campaign and introduces you to the people, places and events on the American and British sides in what has been called the turning point of the American Revolution. It explains what happened to the people and the land after the battles were fought. It describes how the battlefield returned to farming, became a New York State Historic Site and was later transformed by President Franklin Roosevelt into the Saratoga National Historical Park. The presentation also takes you on a tour of the present day park grounds located in Stillwater, NY and at its adjunct sites in Victory and Schuylerville, NY. Perhaps it will entice you to visit the park and experience its history and serenity.

I promised not to bother you with e-mails on other than nuclear submarines; but I thought some of you might be interested in this, so I will only put the list of places to see it out to you one time, as follows:

January 25 Troy Library 6:30pm

March 13 Niskayuna Library 10:00am

March 16 Ballston Library 7:00pm

March 20 NY State Military Museum 1:00pm

March 21 Bethlehem Library 2:00pm

March 27 Rotterdam Library 10:00am

April 1 Colonie Library 7:00pm

April 11 East Greenbush Library 2:00pm

April 30 Clifton Park Library 10:30am

The talk is 1 hour long. Hope to see some of you. I do it in the same style and depth as my sub talks. This is a one time volunteer effort for me. If anyone would like the talk for your group, club or organization, I do it for nothing and I have my own equipment now to present and project it.

*** Ray's email and phone withheld here - For those interested in contacting Ray, please contact Larry (April05) via CR4's private message email system, and I will forward your message.***