Stars & Stripes First Flew in Battle
Fort Stanwix
Here Aug. 3, 1777
the
Stars & Stripes
First Flew In Battle
Above the Southwest Bastion
of
Fort Stanwix
(Schuyler)
Here Aug 2d to 22d Col. Peter Gansevoort's New York & Massachusetts Continentals successfully withstood a siege by British Regulars, Hessians, Mohawk Valley Tories & Indians under Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger - Lt. Col. Marinus Willett Aug. 6th conducting the sortie to relieve the enemy pressure upon Gen. Nicholas Herkimer's militia ambushed in Oriskany's Forest.
1758 - Fort erected to protect the Great Oneida Carrying Place from the French.
1768 - Famous Boundary Line Treaty here negotiated.
1784 - Treaty of Peace with the Indians.
Marker is at the intersection of North James Street (New York Route 26) and West Dominick Street, on the right when traveling south on North James Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
