Historical Markers and War Memorials in Orangeburg, New York
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Camp Shanks
Orangeburg, New York
May 8th, 2005
60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and the Return Home for Those Who Left Here to Fight For Freedom and to Help Make This World a Safer Place. It Has A Feeling and Emotion That We, the . . . — — Map (db m112064) WM
Camp Shanks
Bataan Road
April 8, 2017
In Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March and In Honor of the American and Filipino Troops Whose Courage and Fortitude Inspired the Nation and the 1.3 Million Soldiers Who Embarked . . . — — Map (db m112063) WM
Burial grounds used by
the first settlers of this
northern part of the
Tappan Patent, among them
the Smith and Blauvelt
families. The earliest of
216 recorded graves is
1744 but prior interments
were made. There are
14 Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m84064) HM
The “Towne of Orange” formed in the Tappan Patent grant of 1686-7 became the seat of provincial government of all Orange County, established in 1683, which then included this area, south of the mountains, set off as Rockland County in . . . — — Map (db m43777) HM
Noted naturalist-taxidermist John Graham Bell (1812-89) and his wife, Ann Briggs Bell (1820-94), lived here. Mr. Bell was a pioneer in taxidermy and friend and associate of leading naturalists and ornithologists of his day. In 1843 he traveled with . . . — — Map (db m122290) HM
In Honor of the Men
Of Orangeburg, N.Y.
Who Served Their Country
1917 World War 1918
*Charles Krebs *Benjamin Logatto
*Archie Engles
Petro Antonio • Albert Aluise • John Buhler • Frank Edsall • Robert Edsall • James Havey • . . . — — Map (db m77101) WM
In Lasting Tribute To Those
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
Louis Casazza James E. Drake Thomas Linek
In Honor Of Those Who Served
Rev. William S. Ackerman • Rev. Francis J. Stauback • Rev. Lafayette W. Yarwood • George J. Adams • Andrew . . . — — Map (db m77104) WM
On this site many of
the Camp Shanks barracks
were converted into
housing for World War II
veterans and their families.
Providing living quarters
for about 4,000 people,
it became the largest
veterans' student housing
complex in the . . . — — Map (db m84066) HM