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---Forwarded Message--- >September 1, 2005 >Contact: Elsa Gilbertson, Regional Historic Site Administrator, 802-759-2412 >[log in to unmask] > >GENERAL HORATIO GATES >AT MOUNT INDEPENDENCE > >ORWELL, Vt. - Many people know the colorful British General John Burgoyne, >"Gentleman Johnny," surrendered after the Revolutionary War battles of >Saratoga, but who was the American general he surrendered to? "Granny >Gates?" Who was he? Come to the Mount Independence State Historic Site in >Orwell, Vermont, on Friday, September 23, at 7:00 p.m. as English >actor-playwright Howard Burnham presents "Northern Laurels to Southern >Willows: the Rise and Fall of Horatio Gates." > >The program, sponsored by the Mount Independence Coalition and Vermont >Division for Historic Preservation, is free and open to the public. >Donations to the Coalition are appreciated. > >Major General Horatio Gates was the British-born commander of the American's >Northern Department during the Revolutionary War and the one who received >Burgoyne's surrender. In this program Gates (Burnham) reads his apologia to >Nathanial Greene as he hands over the Southern Department Army in December >1780, tracing his early life and triumphs in the north. > >Burnham has been at Mount Independence the past two years to give his highly >acclaimed John Burgoyne interpretation. On Saturday, September 24, at 10:30 >a.m., come back to the Mount to see Burnham dressed as General Burgoyne give >a program for children and the young at heart as part of Family Archaeology >and History Day. > >The doors open for the Gates program at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Seating is >limited. The program on Saturday is $5.00 for adults, free for children >under 15, and includes admission to the Visitor Center and trails. > >Mount Independence, one of Vermont's state-owned historic sites, is a >National Historic Landmark and one of the best-preserved Revolutionary War >sites in America. It is located near the end of Mount Independence Road, >six miles west of the intersections of VT Routes 22A and 73 in Orwell. Call >802-948-2000 for more information. > >For more information about all the state-owned sites contact John Dumville >at (802) 828-3051 or visit: www.HistoricVermont.org/sites ><www.HistoricVermont.org/sites> . > >### > > > > > >John P. Dumville >Historic Sites Operations Chief >Vermont Division for Historic Preservation >National Life Building, Drawer 20 >Montpelier, Vermont 05620-0501 > >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >Telephone: (802) 828-3051 > >Visit our Web Site to learn more about the State-Owned Historic Sites: >www.HistoricVermont.org <www.HistoricVermont.org> > >The State-Owned Historic Sites are where history happened. >---End of Forwarded Message---