America 250: This location north of the battlefields marks the Saratoga Surrender Site at Saratoga National Historical Park near Schuylerville, N.Y. British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates here on Oct. 17, 1777, in what the National Park Service describes as the first time the British Army surrendered to another country. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 21, 2026]
America 250: This location north of the battlefields marks the Saratoga Surrender Site at Saratoga National Historical Park near Schuylerville, N.Y. British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates here on Oct. 17, 1777, in what the National Park Service describes as the first time the British Army surrendered to another country. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 21, 2026]
![America 250: This location north of the battlefields marks the Saratoga Surrender Site at Saratoga National Historical Park near Schuylerville, N.Y. British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates here on Oct. 17, 1777, in what the National Park Service describes as the first time the British Army surrendered to another country. [Photo: D Dymond, Aug. 21, 2026]](https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/10931370/2000_6a8db3e395c7e.png)