Benedict Arnold Boot Monument

<br><center>Erected 1887 by<br>John Watts de Peyster<br>Brev. Maj. Gen. S.N.Y.<br>2nd V. Pres’t Saratoga Mon’t Ass’t’n<br>In memory of<br>the &#8220;most brilliant soldier&#8221; of the<br>Continental Army,<br>who was desperately wounded<br>on this spot, the sally port of<br>Burgoynes &#8220;Great (Western) Redoubt&#8221;<br>7th October 1777,<br>winning for his countrymen<br>the Decisive Battle of the<br>American Revolution<br>and for himself the rank of<br>Major General</center>