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==Legacy== [[File:Saratoga Battlefied.jpg|thumb|left|280px|View of the battlefield from the visitor center of [[Saratoga National Historic Park]]]] The battlefield and the site of Burgoyne's surrender have been preserved, and are now administered by the [[National Park Service]] as the [[Saratoga National Historical Park]], which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1966. The park preserves a number of the buildings in the area and contains a variety of monuments.<ref name="NPS">[[#NPS|Saratoga National Historical Park]]</ref> The Saratoga Monument obelisk has four niches, three of which hold statues of American commanders: Gates and Schuyler and of Colonel Daniel Morgan. The fourth niche, where Arnold's statue would go, is empty.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/archive/sara/s-act.htm Saratoga activities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106151343/http://www.nps.gov/archive/sara/s-act.htm |date=November 6, 2009 }}</ref> A more dramatic memorial to Arnold's heroism, that does not name him, is the [[Boot Monument]]. Donated by [[American Civil War|Civil War]] General [[John Watts de Peyster]], it shows a boot with spurs and the stars of a major general. It stands at the spot where Arnold was shot on October 7 charging Breymann's redoubt and is dedicated to "the most brilliant soldier of the Continental Army".<ref name="NPSBoot">[[#NPSBoot|Saratoga National Historical Park Tour Stop 7]]</ref> From 1972 to 1977, at the request of the National Park Service, archeologist [[Dean R. Snow]] conducted field investigations and excavations in and around the battlefield site, and recovered various artifacts and two human skeletons.<ref name=oxfordacademic>[[#oxford|Oxford Academic Group]]</ref> As of mid-2023, the [[American Battlefield Trust]] and its partners have acquired and preserved 26 acres of the battlefield next to the national park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.battlefields.org/visit/battlefields/saratoga-battlefield|title=Saratoga Battlefield|website=[[American Battlefield Trust]]|access-date=June 19, 2023|archive-date=June 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619175729/https://www.battlefields.org/visit/battlefields/saratoga-battlefield|url-status=live}}</ref> Six Army National Guard units (101st Eng Bn,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 101st Engineer Battalion</ref> 102nd Inf,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 102nd Infantry. Reproduced in Sawicki 1981, pp. 195β196.</ref> 125th QM Co,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 125th Quartermaster Company. {{cite web|url=http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/News/Pages/125th%20Quartermaster%20Company%20honored%20for%20storied%20lineage%20and%20service%20at%20Lexington%20and%20Concord.aspx |title=125th Quartermaster Company honored for storied lineage, service at Lexington and Concord |access-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819005540/http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/News/Pages/125th%20Quartermaster%20Company%20honored%20for%20storied%20lineage%20and%20service%20at%20Lexington%20and%20Concord.aspx |archive-date=2012-08-19 }}</ref> 181st Inf,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 181st Infantry. Reproduced in Sawicki 1981, pp. 354β355.</ref> 182nd Inf<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 182nd Infantry. Reproduced in Sawicki 1981, pp. 355β357.</ref> and 192nd MP Bn<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 192nd Military Police Battalion.</ref>) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Saratoga. There are now only thirty-two units in the U.S. Army with [[Army National Guard and Active Regular Army Units with Colonial Roots|lineages that go back to the colonial era]]. There are a number of ships named after the battles including [[USS Saratoga (1842)|USS ''Saratoga'' (1842)]], [[USS Saratoga (CV-3)|USS ''Saratoga'' (CV-3)]], and [[USS Saratoga (CV-60)|USS ''Saratoga'' (CV-60)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/cv-list.asp|title=The US Navy Aircraft Carriers|last=Petty|first=Dan|website=www.navy.mil|access-date=2016-06-06|archive-date=2015-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603170034/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/cv-list.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| style="margin:1em auto;" |[[File:15 23 801 saratoga.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Saratoga Monument obelisk]] |[[File:Libertas Americana silver medallion 1783.jpg|thumb|center|upright=1.4|Benjamin Franklin honored the victory in Saratoga and elsewhere by commissioning and designing [[Libertas Americana]], an [[Augustin DuprΓ©]] medallion minted in Paris in 1783.<ref name="Bennett456">[[#Bennett|Bennett (2008)]], p. 456</ref>]] |[[File:Saratoga 1777 Oriskany 1927 Issue-2c.jpg|thumb|264px|{{center|The Surrender of [[John Burgoyne|General Burgoyne]] to General [[Horatio Gates]], at Saratoga, depicted on a 1927 U.S. Commemorative [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|Postage Stamp]]}}]] |}
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