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The Boot Monument at Saratoga National Historical Park

• ... that the Boot Monument (pictured) never mentions the name of its honoree because he was a traitor? Source: [1] [2] and Martin, James Kirby (1997). Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered. New York University Press. ISBN 0814755607
  • ALT1: ... that the only monument to a traitor in the United States is a boot? Source: Tonsetic, Robert L. (2013-07-19). Special Operations in the American Revolution. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-165-4.
  • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Relativity (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

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‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC).

• Comment: It has appeared on DYK before, but not in bold print. (See talk page for more details) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)-->
• I'll review this. Have read about this subject before. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:37, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Relativity: Nice work. ALT0 is good. I'm not sure ALT1 works however as the source only says that it is Arnold's only monument on American soil whereas the hook seems to apply to all American traitors. I also thought of another potential hook that might be decent: ... that a boot is the only monument in the United States to traitor Benedict Arnold because it "was the only part of Arnold not to later turn traitor"? That would require another reviewer, though. Let me know what you think; but ALT0 is good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm fine with ALT0. Thank you for taking on the review! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 01:50, 18 April 2024 (UTC)