At 05:50 PM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Once again this summer their will be ample opportunity to live our history >in the Hudsona and Mohawk Valleys of New York and in neighboring Vermont >(plus the opening event just on the other side of the Connecticut River in >New Hampshire). Here's the list of events taken from "The Battlements", the >quarterly newsletter of the Friends of Saratoga Battlefield: > >A series of events celebrating the 225th Anniversary of the invasion of the >Champlain, Mohawk and Hudson Valleys in 1777 - THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN - Come >and witness living history as the campaign winds it's way to the Battles of >Saratoga, considered the turning point of the Ameri-can Revolution and the >most decisive battle of the past millennium. This unforgettable story will >be retold through re-enactments and special events; many on the original >sites where they oc-curred, during the spring, summer and fall of 2002. (For >more information: David Bernier, Sr., 178 Glendale Rd, Southampton, MA 01073 >(413) 527-4470 Web site > >http://www.thenortherncampaign.org It sounds like there has been plenty of planning for putting food in the trough. Now the question becomes: How do we get the young folk who *really* need it to come? BTW, I am one of those hardheads who think "turning points" are battles your ancestor fought in, or a battle within 30 miles of your home. But I will agree with *anyone* who says that Saratoga was *the* turning point of the Rev War. John Robertson