National Parks Traveler Episode 189 | Saratoga National Historical Park

By Kurt Repanshek - September 25th, 2022

If you want a bang for your buck, especially when it comes to American history, you can’t beat the offerings of the National Park Service found in the state of New York. There are more than 20 National Park System units there, ranging from the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in western New York to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.

Today we’re going to delve into some of New York’s Revolutionary War history with an audio trip to Saratoga National Historical Park. The Traveler’s Lynn Riddick caught up park ranger and military historian Eric Schnitzer, who explains what happened there nearly 250 years ago and why it’s significant in the course of American history.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
:45 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
:54 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
1:22 Washington’s National Park Fund
1:54 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:24 Potrero Group
2:55 The Traveler's Lynn Riddick takes a virtual tour of Saratoga National Historical Park with ranger and military historian Eric Schnitzer.
26:03 Sieur De Monts - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
26:13 Yosemite Conservancy
26:32 Great Smoky Mountains Association
26:53 Friends of Acadia
27:18 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
27:37 The Everglades Foundation
27:52 Lynn and Eric continue their discussion of the history interpreted at Saratoga National Historical Site.
49:25 No’Easter - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
49:54 Episode Closing
50:31 Orange Tree Productions
51:03 Splitbeard Productions
51:13 National Parks Traveler footer

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