New Windsor Cantonment (Temple of Virtue)
New Windsor, New York, USA
374 Temple Hill Road, New Windsor, New York 12553
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VISITOR INFORMATION
Co-located with the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. Use the cantonment's visitor entrance and official trail map. The supplied November 3 disbandment Event represents a wider process; do not describe every final discharge as occurring inside the Temple. Map point reviewed October 3, 2026: New York State Parks main entrance for New Windsor Cantonment. Visitor information reviewed October 3, 2026: Parking and restrooms are documented for the Cantonment destination. Exhibits use the shared National Purple Heart Hall of Honor entrance. Costumed interpretation is seasonal, generally mid-April through October. The Temple of Virtue is a reconstruction.
Grounds open year-round, dawn to dusk. Visitor-center exhibits: Tuesday–Saturday 10 am–5 pm, Sunday 1–5 pm. Costumed interpretation runs mid-April–October 31, Wednesday–Saturday 10 am–5 pm and Sunday 1–5 pm. School/group tours $5 per person by arrangement. Confirm general admission and holiday openings with the site.
Living-history programmes run mid-April-October, with extra summer demonstrations and holiday events. These may concentrate visits; the measured annual peak is unconfirmed.
May-June or September-October for the reconstructed cantonment with costumed interpretation. Confirm operating days within the mid-April-October living-history season.
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About New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site (Temple of Virtue)
New Windsor Cantonment in New York housed the Continental Army during the final winter and spring of the Revolutionary War. Washington addressed discontented officers here on March 15, 1783. The historic grounds and reconstructed Temple of Virtue interpret the army’s difficult transition from active service to peace.
New York State Parks protects the cantonment grounds and interprets military life through exhibits and demonstrations. The Temple of Virtue is a reconstruction of the camp’s multipurpose meeting building. It provides a setting for interpretation rather than an unchanged room surviving from Washington’s address.
History happened here at New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site (Temple of Virtue)
Washington moved his northern army to New Windsor in October 1782. Soldiers built hundreds of log huts for winter quarters. Women, children, and civilian refugees also lived in the encampment. Although major fighting had diminished after Yorktown, peace negotiations continued and the army still faced uncertainty over wages, pensions, and its future.
On March 15, 1783, Washington addressed officers in the New Building, also called the Temple of Virtue, urging them to reject measures that challenged civilian authority. In April he announced the cessation of hostilities. The cantonment was separate from his residence at the Hasbrouck House in Newburgh. Its history joins the practical life of a large military camp with the political challenge of ending the war.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
Research reviewed October 2, 2026. Event IDs 25276c9a-7c6b-417f-aedc-b1d76aa4da8e, 54ba1a83-3149-4ae0-acd2-0a5d40cac3d5, 75cdedb3-233c-4be0-8d72-2cd3d4ee15b7, ac057616-367e-4934-8a78-39474648a57e; Events Latest 10PM.csv rows 97, 202, 273, 385.
https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/newwindsor/amenities.aspx
https://parks.ny.gov/documents/historic-sites/NewWindsorCantonmentTrailMap.pdf
Map location reviewed October 3, 2026. New York State Parks main entrance for New Windsor Cantonment.
https://parks.ny.gov/visit/historic-sites/new-windsor-cantonment-state-historic-site
Visitor classification and amenities reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: New Windsor Cantonment living-history museum and shared visitor center.
https://thelibertytrail.org/ny/trail-sites/statecounty-parks/new-windsor-cantonment-site
Prose batch 2 researched October 3, 2026. Fast pass; proofing pending. Distinguishes original grounds, reconstructed Temple, and Newburgh residence.
Visitor admission and access fields reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: New Windsor Cantonment living-history museum and shared visitor center. The state operator describes seasonal costumed demonstrations including blacksmithing. Artisans applies to these staffed demonstrations, not to a guaranteed daily workshop.