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Fort Stanwix National MonumentA green lawn stretches in front of you, a picket fence behind it. Over a dirt path, people walk over a wooden bridge, through a sunlit gate.
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Fort Stanwix National Monument
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a lush green grassy hole is filled with large, white, triangular, canvas tents. wooden walls and shadows loom over them.
White canvas tents surround in the ditch surround the walled wooden fortress.
Tents of campfollowers and overflow troops sit in the ditch surrounding the fort.
A green statue stands among trees, it has a soldiers uniform on, with a cocked hat, and a sword.  

Did You Know?
Col. Peter Gensevoort, commander of the 3rd New York Regiment, was only 28-years-old when the Siege of 1777 began.
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Last Updated: August 27, 2006 at 11:48 EST