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Oct 17,1777 British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates ended the Battles of Saratoga and stopping the British invasion from Canada. Saratoga convinced the French, and later the Spanish and Dutch that the American army could stand up to the British. The Guns surrendered by Burgoyne were brought to West Point where the uniquely American tradition of engraving captured cannons was begun. Many of those guns are still in the West Point Museum collection, in various lo