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Fort Stanwix National Monument
historic site, New York, United States
Fort Stanwix National Monument, historic site in Rome, west-central New York, U.S. The monument (established 1935) covers 15.5 acres (6.3 hectares) in downtown Rome and consists of a reconstruction of the original fort, built in 1758 and named for its builder, Gen. John Stanwix. The site commemorates the two treaties and also the stand American forces took there in August 1777 against the British invading from Canada during the American Revolution. Artifacts and live demonstrations depict 18th-century life at the fort.