Site Development and Cultural Landscape Treatment Plan, Planning for Battles of Saratoga: Sword Surrender Site
Saratoga Associates. 2012. Site Development and Cultural Landscape Treatment Plan, Planning for Battles of Saratoga: Sword Surrender Site. American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW (2255),Washington, DC 20005
The purpose of the Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Development and Cultural Landscape Treatment Plan is to assist the Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership and their partners in preserving and identifying interpretative opportunities of the Saratoga Sword Surrender Site. The Sword Surrender Site's acquisition by the Open Space Institute in 2006 has enabled the Partnership and the site's steward, the National Park Service, to propose its transformation into a viable site of commemoration that is consistent with this alliance's larger objectives for protection, planning, and interpretation of the Saratoga National Historical Park. Accordingly, the site development and cultural landscape treatment plan augments the findings of the 2008 draft Cultural Landscape Inventory for Sword Surrender Site and Setting by creating an action plan that will enhance the visitor experience of the site's significance through public access and parking, controlled landscaping, and a memorialization plan, while also providing the basis for connections to the larger historical narrative and experience of the established Saratoga National Historical Park units. Given the fact that the authors of the 2008 draft cultural landscape inventory urged the Partnership to "work collaboratively and creatively with private land owners and state agencies to preserve and protect natural and historic resources," this plan acknowledges the constraints inherent in the properties separating the Saratoga Sword Surrender Site from other units of the park, while offering recommendations for these areas—to the extent that they are possible—consistent with the park's 2004 general management plan.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Saratoga Associates
- Date of Issue
- 2012-06-27
- Units
- SARA
- Keywords
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