HISTORIC NEW YORK - Steuben Memorial
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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: WM44BT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Rayman
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Location of Marker: I-90, NY Thruway, Oneida east bound service area, Westmoreland.

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."

Marker Name: Steuben Memorial

Marker Type: Roadside

Agency: Education Department, Department of Public Works, State of New York

Dedication Date: 1991

City/Town/Village Name: Westmoreland

County: Oneida

Region: Central Leatherstocking (Region 6)

Website: Not listed
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