New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site

PO Box 207 374 Temple Hill Road (Route 300)
Vails Gate, NY, 12584
845-561-1765

URL : http://nysparks.state.ny.us/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/nyspar

overview : The final winter encampment of 8,000 soldiers and campfollowers of the Continental Army (1782-83), now a living history museum with demonstrations of musket and cannon drill, blacksmithing, carpentry and 18th century medicine. Museums feature cannons, military equipment, archaeological collections.

hours (subject to change) : Mid-April through Late October Wed. - Sat., 10 AM - 5PM, Sun. 1 - 5 PM

topics : living history, revolutionary, war, military, national parks