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Date Posted: 09:36:07 06/16/10 Wed
Author: Ridge Sitter
Subject: July 4th weekend activity

Saturday July 3 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM & Sunday July 4 1:00 to 5:00 PM

"Independence Days, July 3 & July 4, at the New Windsor Cantonment and Knox's Headquarters"

New Windsor, NY (July 1)--The New Windsor Cantonment and Knox's Headquarters will present a weekend filled with Revolutionary War activities. At New Windsor Cantonment see cannon and musket firings at 2:00 PM, as well as blacksmithing and children's activities throughout each day. At Knox's Headquarters tour the beautiful 1754 Ellison House, the military command post for three generals. The historic sites are open Saturday July 3 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. and Sunday July 4 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Admission is free. For more information please call New Windsor Cantonment at (845) 561-1765 or Knox's Headquarters at (845) 561-5498.

2nd Continental Artillery Soldiers Load a Replica British Cannon

News Release NWC 10-5 Contact: Michael McGurty
For Immediate Release Phone: (845) 561-1765
FAX: (845) 561-6577
E-mail:Michael.McGurty@oprhp.state.ny.us

"Independence Days at the New Windsor Cantonment and Knox's Headquarters"

New Windsor, NY (July 1)--The New Windsor Cantonment and Knox's Headquarters will present a weekend filled with Revolutionary War activities. At New Windsor Cantonment see cannon and musket firings each day at 2:00 P.M. as well as blacksmithing and children's activities. At Knox's Headquarters tour the beautiful 1754 Ellison House and see a small cannon fired at 1:30 P.M. and 3:30 P.M. each day. The event is Saturday July 3 & Sunday July 4. The historic sites are open Saturday July 3 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. and Sunday July 4 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Admission is free. For more information please call New Windsor Cantonment at (845) 561-1765 or Knox's Headquarters at (845) 561-5498. New Windsor Cantonment is co-located with the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor on Route 300 (374 Temple Hill Road) in the Town of New Windsor, four miles east of Stewart Airport. It is three miles from the intersection of I-87 and I-84 in Newburgh, New York. Knox's Headquarters is located, a mile away from the New Windsor Cantonment, at the intersection of Route 94 and Forge Hill Road in Vails Gate.

On the 4th, at 3:00 P.M., New Windsor Cantonment invites visitors to help read the Declaration of Independence, the revolutionary document that started it all. Following the reading, the 7th Massachusetts Regiment will fire a "feu-de-joie," a ceremonial firing of muskets in honor of independence. Throughout each day authentically dressed soldiers and civilians will share stories of life from that exciting time. Knox's Headquarters, the Ellison House, honors the site's namesake General Henry Knox, Washington's Chief of Artillery, with the firing of a 4 1/2 " bronze coehorn mortar at 1:30 P.M. and 3:30 P.M Saturday July 3 & Sunday July 4. This mortar, designed to be carried by two men, fired a grenade size exploding ball. John and Catherine Ellison were gracious hosts to three Continental Army generals at different times during the Revolutionary War.

In addition to the special programs and activities, the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and the New Windsor Cantonment Visitor Center are open. These buildings feature the history of the New Windsor Cantonment; Behind Every Great Man: The Continental Army in Winter, 1782-83, Revolutionary War artifacts, the exhibit The Last Argument of Kings, Revolutionary War Artillery and the story of the Purple Heart. A picnic grove is available and there is plenty of free parking. Just one mile from the Cantonment is Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site. Elegantly furnished by John and Catherine Ellison, the 1754 mansion served as headquarters for Revolutionary War Generals Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox, and Horatio Gates. Also be sure to visit Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh, a short drive from the New Windsor Cantonment.

New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site is part of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission administers 27 park, parkways and historic sites for the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in New York as well as the Palisades Interstate Park and parkway in New Jersey. For more information about New York State parks and historic sites, please visit our website at www.nysparks.com and follow the links for historic sites.

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Michael S. McGurty, Interpretive Programs Assistant
New Windsor Cantonment & Knox's Headquarters
State Historic Sites
PO Box 207, Vails Gate, NY 12584
Phone 845-561-1765
Fax 845-561-6577

New Windsor Cantonment is the living history museum of the Northern Continental Army's final post of the Revolutionary War, 1782-1783, and is home to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, preserving and sharing the stories of America's military personnel wounded or killed in battle, recipients of the Purple Heart.

Knox's Headquarters is Mount Ellison, the working country seat since 1754 of the prosperous Ellison family who hosted officers of the Continental Army consecutively from 1779 through 1783 including Generals Henry Knox, Nathanael Greene and Horatio Gates .

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