Fishkill Supply Depot Historic Site

08/11/2025

Continental Commons Faces New Lawsuit

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Seeks to annul approval for Route 9 project

05/25/2025

The roots of Memorial Day History trace back to the aftermath of the Civil War, a conflict that claimed more lives than any other in American history and necessitated the creation of the country's first national cemeteries. The earliest known observance of what would become Memorial Day was in the 1860s, a time of immense grief and national healing. Today we Remember and Honor the sacrifice of previous generations for the Freedoms we enjoy today.

02/16/2025

New Windsor Cantonment

Celebrate Washington’s Birthday at New Windsor Cantonment and Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Sites

Saturday February 15 & Monday February 17, 2025 at New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site:

On Saturday February 15 and Monday February 17 at 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM & 3:00 PM military drill and cannon firings. After the demonstrations enlist in the Continental army, drill with wooden muskets, and get paid for your service. Blacksmith, medical and cooking demonstrations on both days. The program runs from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Free admission!

Sunday February 16, 2025 at Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site:

Over the winter of 1780-81 at this headquarters, General Henry Knox organized the artillery for the projected attack on New York City. Soldiers, at the nearby encampment, repaired and trained on the guns, howitzers, and mortars. Tours of the house Sunday February 16 at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM & 3:00 PM. Musket firing and artillery demonstrations between tours. Free admission! Knox’s Headquarters is located at 289 Forge Hill Road, Vails Gate, (New Windsor) New York, just three miles south of the intersection of I-87 and I-84 and is 1 mile south, of the co-located National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and the New Windsor Cantonment. For more information please call (845) 562-7141 ext. 22.

12/07/2024

A Date That Will Live in Infamy... December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii thrusting America into the Second World War.

11/11/2024

Happy Veteran's Day!

10/14/2024

Continental Village

On October 9, 1777, after capturing Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, Sir Henry Clinton ordered British troops to burn and sack Continental Village, the American post with barracks for 1,500, store houses and fully loaded supply wagons. Soon restored, Continental Village continued to serve as an important position at the entrance to the Highlands for American Army reconnoitering and was a source of water and supplies for the troops throughout the Revolutionary War.

144 years later, on October 9, 1921, the Putnam County Historical Society (also known as today’s Putnam History Museum) and Stuyvesant Fish unveiled this memorial to The Mothers of the Revolution at Continental Village, at today’s intersection of Old Albany Post Road and Sprout Brook Road in Philipstown.

It reads, “In memory of the mothers of the Revolution, who watched and prayed while our fathers fought that we might be free.” This monument features local quarried granite from/near then-Stuyvesant Fish’s Continental Village Farm, with a commemorative tablet by Gorham and three fourteen-inch shot.

09/11/2024

06/06/2024

80 Years Ago Today American Soldiers Brought Freedom to Europe.

05/26/2024

Remember and Honor...

01/16/2024

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I recently drove to Fishkill, New York to see the Daniel Nimham Monument located at the intersection of Routes 52 and 82. Nimham—diplomat, warrior,...

01/08/2024

Amazing Revolutionary Fort Found inside old house...