Sean Kelleher, right, in friendly discussion with fellow historian Paul Perreault at this morning's meeting. Kelleher, the longtime Town of Saratoga historian, is a member of the board of the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa, and also serves on the county's 250th commission marking the anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga.
The 250th anniversary of the 1777 battles (fought three weeks apart) won't be for another three years, but the commission is marking other events in the meantime. Late next year, for example, will mark the 250th anniversary of Col. Henry Knox's midwinter trek hauling cannons from Ticonderoga to Boston, which helped drive the British out of that city. It will be marked by events in upstate New York through Massachusetts.
The commission has also been focusing on the role of women in war, including Lady Harriet Acland, wife of a wounded and captured British officer in the Saratoga campaign, who displayed extraordinary courage and devotion.
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