The operator of a tourist train in the eastern Adirondacks says he'll shut down the railway if government agencies don't buy a stretch of track near the High Peaks Wilderness.
Work is expected to begin next year on a memorial to be built on the exact spot where a British general turned over his sword to his American counterpart after the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolution.
The upstate New York village where British forces laid down their arms after the Battles of Saratoga is commemorating the surrender's 240th anniversary.
A group of new United States citizens will be sworn in during a ceremony being held on the Fourth of July at the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle.