 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 service building Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
HISTORIC NEW YORK
STEUBEN MEMORIAL
(Three miles northwest of Remsen, Oneida County)
Home and grave of Baron Frederick William von Steuben
(1730 - 1794)
DRILLMASTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Arriving at Valley Forge in February, 1778, this German-born officer found "an army of skeletons...naked, starved, sick, discouraged," ~ and undisciplined. By day he drilled them for the victorious campaigns of that summer. By candlelight he wrote a MANUEL OF ARMS which is still the basis for the discipline of our armed forces.
"His services were indispensable to the achievement of American Independence."
Education Department, Department of Public Works, State of New York, 1981.
I-90, NY Thruway, Oneida east bound service area, Westmoreland, Oneida County New York
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