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Newtown Battlefield State
Park
In August of 1779, the peace and tranquility of this forested hill was
broken by the boom of cannons, the crack of musket fire, and the yells
of Iroquois warriors. The Continental Army was engaged in battle with
the British regulars, Loyalist rangers and 1000 Iroquois Indian warriors.
The battle of Newtown was the decisive clash in one of the largest offensive
campaigns of the American Revolution. This expedition, known as the Sullivan-Clinton
Campaign, had been regarded as punishment to several tribes among the
Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who had sided with the British
in the war and had attacked frontier settlements
A stone monument was dedicated at the top of the hill on August 29, 1879,
the centennial of the Battle of Newtown. The present granite monument
was erected in 1912. During the 1930s, Civilian Conservation Corps crews
built and developed many of the present facilities of the park, including
a beautiful, rustic lodge. In 1973, Newtown Battlefield Reservation was
designated as a historic landmark and placed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
Located off of Route 17 (Future I-86) East of Elmira
451 Oneida Road, Elmira, NY 14901
Phone: (607)732-6067
Reservations:(800) 456-2267
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