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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG3I_hutsites-1782-1783_New-Windsor-NY.html
Final winter encampment of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Site of the huts of 4th & 7th Regiments of Massachusetts troops until a peace was declared Apr. 19, 1783
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZE_vails-gate-n-y_New-Windsor-NY.html
Named after John D. Vail thepostmaster & toll gate keeperfor the Blooming Grove TurnpikeCompany, was formerly known asMortonville and Tookers Gateprior to 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KJ_temple-hill_New-Windsor-NY.html
In 1783, in the "Temple of Virtue" here on Temple Hill, General George Washington ordered officers to gather stories of gallantry and faithful service by enlisted men and to select candidates for the Badge of Military Merit, the inspiration for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KI_the-people-of-the-new-windsor-cantonment_New-Windsor-NY.html
Approximately 7,500 soldiers of the Continental Army, who came from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, Canada, and even Europe, lived at New Windsor Cantonment. Although most were in their twenties, the soldiers ranged in age from their early t…
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This Revolutionary Hutwas given byMr. & Mrs. William T. Handto theNational Temple Association, Inc. and re-erected through the generosity ofMr. William Applebye RobinsonDedicated October 7, 1934.
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A "cantonment" was a more permanent quarters for troops than an encampment of tents. New Windsor, like Valley Forge, contained orderly lines of log huts that housed troops over the winter. After the Revolutionary War, New Windsor's huts were sold …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JI_the-land_New-Windsor-NY.html
By 1782, more than a century of settlement and eight years of military occupation had left much of the Hudson River's waterfront deforested. Nevertheless, the Quartermaster Department, responsible for securing the army's living quarters, found a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JF_the-publick-building-called-the-temple_New-Windsor-NY.html
Chaplain Israel Evans proposed building a "Temple of Virtue" where officers could assemble for meetings and the army could worship together rather than attend separate services around town or ignore the Sabbath completely. To this end, soldiers pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57C_the-temple_New-Windsor-NY.html
Front of Monument:On this ground was erected"The Temple"or new public buildingby the Army of the Revolution — 1782 - 83 ——————————-The birthplace of the Republic.
Right Side of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56C_the-ellison-gristmill_New-Windsor-NY.html
A gristmill owned by Thomas Ellison, and later by his son John, was in operation at this location by 1741. Water from an upstream millpond was carried here through an underground tunnel called a raceway. To the left is the foundation which support…