Newtown Battlefield State Park

Newtown Battlefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	451 Oneida Road, Elmira, New York
Coordinates
Built	1779
NRHP Reference #	72000826
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	28 November 1972
Designated NHL	28 November 28, 1972

Newtown Battlefield State Park, formerly known as Newtown Battlefield Reservation, was the site of the Battle of Newtown fought in August 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. It was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by General John Sullivan that was ordered by the Continental Congress to end the threat of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. In the battle, the Iroquois were defeated decisively.

Because the present day battlefield is quite heavily wooded and obscured to the casual passerby on the highway below, a narrow column of white granite known as the Newton Battlefield Monument sits atop the hill where this historic battle once took place in Elmira, in Chemung County, New York. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

On 19 January 2010, New York State Governor David Paterson proposed closing the park to reduce the state's growing budget deficit.

External links

• New York State Parks: Newtown Battlefield State Park

View from the hill below the Newtown Battlefield Monument