Stueben Memorial - Oneida Service Plaza - Westmoreland, NY
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N 43° 07.512 W 075° 24.912
18T E 466226 N 4774801
German military man, who wrote the manual of military discipline.
Waymark Code: WM1062K
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
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County of memorial: Oneida County
Location of Marker: I-90, NY Thruway, Oneida east bound service area, Westmoreland
memorial Erected By: Education Department, Department of Public Works, State of New York
Date Memorial Erected: 1991

Marker Text:

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."

Type of Memorial: Plaque
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