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Rockland was once home to members of the Delaware and Lenape Nations, and a key position for General George Washington’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Explore its landmarks and museums to understand how early Americans lived in the Hudson Valley. The Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, where General Anthony Wayne defeated the British in a surprise attack on July 16, 1779, offers free activities and demonstrations on weekends between April and October.
The oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River, located at Stony Point Battlefield.
The GARNER Historic District of New York is a collection of landmarked pre-Civil War factory buildings located on 14 acres in the hamlet of Garnerville, Village of West Haverstraw, in Rockland County. The buildings have been transformed into a flourishing and vibrant real estate venture leasing space for mixed-use, including light industrial, warehouse and artist studio spaces along with craft food and beverage, office and retail uses.
Experience a Revolutionary War reenactment at the Stony Point Battlefield and Museum, site of the 1779 Battle of Stony Point. Also home to the Stony Point Lighthouse, the Hudson River’s oldest lighthouse.
Served as George Washington’s headquarters on four separate occasions during the American Revolutionary War. Built in 1700, the DeWint House is one of the oldest surviving structures in Rockland County and is an outstanding example of Hudson Valley Dutch Colonial architecture.
Explore Mount Moore Cemetery in West Nyack, the final resting place to African American veterans dating back to the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and both World Wars.
Photo credit: The Nyack Library Local History Image Collection
The Camp Shanks Museum commemorates the military facility that served as the largest point of embarkation for soldiers headed for North Africa and Europe during World War II, including the landing forces for the D-Day invasion. Opened in 1942, Camp Shanks contained 1,500 barracks, mess halls, theaters, a hospital, and other buildings where some 1.5 million G.I.s (approximately 40,000 a month) were issued combat equipment and underwent final inspections before shipping overseas.
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