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Saratoga Battle Chapter
21st Annual Turning Point Parade
Schuylerville, NY
August 2nd, 2015
Photos by: Duane Booth and Michael Skelly
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(L-R) Tom Dunne, Corinne Scirocco, Pat Reilly, Duane Booth, Martha Crapser,
John Sheaff, Mike Skelly, Paul Loding, Pete Hormell, Bret Trufant and Joe Fitzpatrick
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The 2015 Turning Point Parade, commemorating the American Victory at the
Battle of Saratoga on October 17, 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, was the
the twenty-first annual presentation for the Village of Schuylerville, NY.
In the months prior to October 8, 1777, the British suffered about 2,000 casualties.
Burgoyne's forces, now down to about 6,000 men, took refuge in a fortified camp on the heights
of Saratoga (today's Schuylerville). There an American force that was approaching 20,000 men
surrounded the exhausted British army.
Faced with such overwhelming numbers, Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777. By the
terms of the Convention of Saratoga, Burgoyne's depleted army marched out of camp "with
the Honors of War" and stacked their weapons along the west bank of the Hudson River at
Fort Hardy. Saratoga was a decisive and important victory.
The original idea of the parade was to serve as a public reminder of the importance
of this area in the history of our country; in particular, the
defeat of the British armies in 1777 and their subsequent surrender
by General Burgoyne. These events have of course been deemed the "turning point"
of the American Revolution, vital to winning independence
from Great Britain.
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Re-enactors Tim Butler, Max G., Andrew Companion, Hunter Choy, and Rob Skelly
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Re-enactors Bret Trufant, Alfred Bartlett, Peter Hormell, Mary Skelly, Mike Companion
and Bradley Allen
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Color guard members Tim Butler, Rob Skelly, and Mike Skelly
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Schuyler Society, C.A.R.
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(L-R) Duane Booth, President Empire State Society SAR,
Martha M. Crapser New York State Regent, NSDAR and Nicholas Oxaal, President,
New York State Society Children of the American Revolution
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Schuyler Society, C.A.R.
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Re-enactors with the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment
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Re-enactors and SARs Bret Trufant, Mike Skelly and Pete Hormell
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Re-enactor and SAR Bret Trufant
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2014 award received at the 2015 Turning Point Parade by
the 2nd Continental Artillery Regiment
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Photo Credits: Photos courtesy of Duane Booth,
Michael Skelly
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