Category: Joe Craig, Park Ranger

October 7, 2023

Articles and Stories, Joe Craig, Park Ranger

Child’s Play

By Joe Craig, Park Ranger ‘Shooting became just like drinking a glass of water’ Ishmael Beah, In his book A Long Way Gone, former child soldier, Ishmael Beah unblinkingly told of the horrors of the civil war Sierra Leone (1991-2002). Kidnapped and forced into becoming a soldier by one of the splinter groups, Beah participated in…
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October 7, 2023

Articles and Stories, Joe Craig, Park Ranger

Casting a Giant Shadow

It is regrettable, but probably understandable that the battles of Saratoga are always under the shadow of Gettysburg. Besides comparisons of their historic importance, even our exhibits come up for comparison to the “Budweiser of American History”. Many visitors comment how the fibre optic map at Saratoga’s visitor center is “just like the one at…
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October 7, 2023

Articles and Stories, Joe Craig, Park Ranger

A Knotty Problem

By Joe Craig, Park Ranger Benedict Arnold’s desertion to the British in 1780 produced a firestorm of anger by Americans. It is arguable that no one was more outraged than General George Washington. Arnold had petitioned directly to Washington for the posting to West Point in order to betray it to the British. Washington saw…
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