Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site

Bennington Battlefield
The Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site in Walloomsac, New York, where the Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777.
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site is located in New York
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site is located in the United States
Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site
LocationNY 67, Walloomsac, NY
Coordinates42°56′19″N 73°18′16″W / 42.93861°N 73.30444°W / 42.93861; -73.30444
Area1,250 acres (510 ha)[1]
NRHP reference No.66000564
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[2]
Designated NHLJanuary 20, 1961[3]

The Bennington Battlefield is the Rensselaer County, New York, location where the Battle of Bennington occurred on the 16th of August 1777. It is located on New York State Route 67 in Walloomsac, New York, a historic route between Bennington, Vermont and the Hudson River. Here, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts militia under General John Stark rebuffed a British attempt led by Colonel Friedrich Baum to capture American stores. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[1][3] A portion of the battlefield is preserved in the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site. The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 23 acres of the battlefield not already part of the state historic site.[4]

  1. ^ a b Richard Greenwood (November 24, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bennington Battlefield" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 10 photos from 1967 and 1975 (1.28 MB)
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Bennington Battlefield". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 8, 2007. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "Bennington Battlefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

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