News from the Marshall House
The Marshall House continued its engagement with the Women in War Symposiums in May.
The foundation event had been presented by The Marshall House in 2022 and included speakers
Holly Mayer, a chair of military history at the US Military Academy, West Point and prominent author on leading topics such as Women Waging War in the American Revolution.
Todd Braisted, authority on Loyalist military history
Lois Huey presenting Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own
In May 2026 the Henry Knox and Women in War Symposium was presented in conjunction with American Revolution commemorations across the nation including many events authorized by the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors. A speaker sponsored by The Marshall House was Paul Staiti who spoke on the calamity of Jane McCrea, bringing new insights about the production of historical iconography.
In 2024 Dr. Friederike Baer came to Saratoga and shared exceptional findings on the Baroness Riedesel in her address, "With the Battle of Saratoga our Misfortunes began, Friederike Riedesel in the War for American Independence".
Dr. Baer is a leading researcher on German troops accompanying the British Army in the American Revolution. https://friederikebaer.com/
A work of music is being prepared for presentation in 2027, the 250th anniversary of the battles of Saratoga.
There will be openings to see The Marshall House on October 10 and 11, 2026.
Welcome to Revolutionary Saratoga
"We were finally obliged to take refuge in the cellar in which I laid myself down in a corner not far from the door. My children lied down on the earth with their heads upon my lap, and in this manner we passed the entire night. A horrible stench, the cries of the children, and yet more than all this, my own anguish, prevented me from closing my eyes. On the following morning the cannonade again began, but from a different side." Frederika Charlotte Riedesel, Letters and Journals relating to the War of the American Revolution, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga.
Oct. 10th, 1777. A beautiful, aristocratic, 31 year old German Baroness. Her three daughters, 6, 3 and 1. On that date, the first and most catastrophic defeat of the British army, in which her husband was serving. A week besieged in a foul cellar under a fierce cannonade by the American forces. Women and children, desperate wounded soldiers. Cries, blood and human waste. No water. Nothing save despair.
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Marshall House Video Project
The Board of the historic Marshall House, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of a video project. The video features the homeowner David Bullard relating his family’s connection to the 253-year-old house and the role it played in the Siege at Saratoga during the Revolutionary War. A brief vignette show the Baroness Riedesel,... read more