Saratoga Flag Company
is a small family-owned business, proudly located in the Old Gansevoort Firehouse, at the center of the Historic farming hamlet of Gansevoort, in The Town of Northumberland, in Saratoga County, Upstate New York.
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Upstate New York is The Cradle of the American Revolution
Patriots and Patriotism has been fueling this region of Upstate New York for over 250 years. Home to numerous battlefields & historic sites that were critical in shaping our nations founding and history. The battles of Saratoga were the most significant turning point and one of the most decisive American Battles of the American Revolution.
Victory at Saratoga saved America's fight for freedom.
In the fall of 1777, two armies clashed on the fields of Saratoga in Upstate New York, marking a pivotal moment in the American Revolution.
The Continental Army under the charge of General Horatio Gates, supported by state militias, native allies, and including hundreds of freed slaves, faced off against British General John Burgoyne and his forces. The outcome of this battle would not only determine the fate of the American Revolution but also change the course of world history.
The Battles of Saratoga were a series of engagements that took place from September 19th to October 7th, resulting in a siege and the first-ever surrender by a British army on the field of battle on October 17, 1777. The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War, as it convinced France to ally with the United States, substantially aiding the eventual victory over the British.
TODAY, THE LEGACY OF THE BATTLES OF SARATOGA CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AMERICANS & PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND DEMOCRACY.
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Colonel Peter Gansevoort
At the start of the American Revolution, Peter Gansevoort joined the Continental Army. He was commissioned as a Major on June 30, 1775, and served as a field commander in the 2nd New York Regiment. In November 1776, Gansevoort was promoted to Colonel and given command of the 3rd New York Regiment.
On August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix (in Rome, NY), under Colonel Gansevoort's command, was besieged by The King's 8th Regiment of Foot, Loyalists, and Native Americans, under the command of Brigadier General Barry St. Leger, as part of a three-pronged campaign to divide the American colonies. Gansevoort refused the terms of surrender offered by the British, and the siege commenced.
According to local folklore, when the Colonial troops raised the flag over Fort Stanwix on August 3, 1777, it was the first time that the Flag of the United States was flown in battle. It is more likely that the flag flown at Fort Schuyler (Stanwix) was one that consisted only of thirteen stripes, an early version of the Flag of New York, or the Grand Union Flag.
Gansevoort was only 28 years old when he lead, the American, Fort Schuyler (Stanwix) through a siege by British forces in 1777. His fort became the only American fort to never surrender while under attack to the British during the American Revolution.
The First New York State Flag:
In 1779, the 3rd NY Regiment at Fort Stanwix (Schuyler) received a gift from Colonel Gansevoort, in the form of a regimental flag.
This flag, which was carried for the remainder of the war, later served as the basis for the present day New York State flag.
Hamlet of Gansevoort, NY:
After the American Revolutionary War, Gansevoort continued to make his home in Albany where he operated the family brewery. He expanded his farms, adding grist mills and a lumber mill, in the area that eventually became the hamlet of Gansevoort, New York.
Saratoga Flag Company Illustrates the NYS Flag:
Unable to find stock NYS flags illustrated clearly, we went back to the drawing board.
The professional artists at Saratoga Flag Company spent countless hours bringing the illustration back to its rightful glory, ever upward "Excelsior," keeping the intent of the original NYS design.
