Join us for the Empire State Trail Clean-Up

Volunteer Park Day at the “Field of Grounded Arms” Fort Hardy Park, Schuylerville, NY

To register and for more information, visit https://forms.office.com/g/CpjnGXD3qz

Help us beautify the park for summer and walk in the footsteps where the Victory at Saratoga was secured! The “Field of Grounded Arms” is where British regulars (literally) laid down their muskets as part of General Burgoyne’s agreement to surrender to General Gates’ American forces. Volunteers will assist with winter debris pickup. Please bring work gloves, sturdy shoes, and a water bottle.

Meeting Place: Volunteers should report to the rear parking area of the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitors Center between 8:45 am and 9:00 am for registration and instructions

Accessibility & Site Significance

Fort Hardy has accessible parking and bathrooms. It adjoins the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitors Center, the future home of the “America’s Turning Point Heritage Center” under development. Interpretations there and outside the building will bring the “Field of Grounded Arms” to life along with orienting visitors to the elements of the siege that occurred after the Battles of Saratoga leading to this first-ever surrender of a British Army in world history.