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Leaders Look to Preserve Saratoga Battlefield

Community leaders are rallying to preserve Saratoga Battlefield, because they don't want the land around the Saratoga National Park to become another Gettysburg.

The Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership's goal is to help draw tourists without making the area look like a typical tourist town.

The group doesn't want visitors to the park to see neon signs and billboards.

Armed with state funding, the partnership has now put its leadership team in place.
Read entire article at WNYT