Anyone who plans to travel through upstate NY this summer might want to consult this site: http://www.revolutionaryday.com/nyroute5/ Traveling to Utica on family business this past weekend, I took the time to drive another ten miles or so west and visited the Oriskany Battlefield, site of the bloody August 6, 1777 confrontation. My ancestor Valentin Froelich participated in that battle, and his name is on the monument. It's taken years for me to make the time to do something like visit this place. The grounds include good historic information, plus picnic tables and enough room for adults to walk and children to run. It opens officially only a little later in the season. See also the Henry Fonda film "Drums Along the Mohawk" for the story of the Battle of Oriskany. Joanne Garland

Joanne: Yes, excellent books for travelers. I'm glad to see, from his list, that he's branching out from upstate NY and now includes VA and PA in the collection. Another excellent traveler's guide is "American Revolutionary War Sites, Memorials, Museums and Library Collections" sub-titled "A State-by-State Guidebook to Places Open to the Public" by Doug Gelbert, ISBN # 0-7864-0494-9, published by McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC. As much as I love "Drums Along the Mohawk," it has absolutely nothing to do with the Battle of Oriskany. You might also want to visit the website of the same name: http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/ Best regards, Ed For Revolutionary War Info on the Internet, your first choice should be: www.AmericanRevolution.org