Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot, New York's Valley Forge

Advocating the Preservation, Study, and Proper Interpretation of the Fishkill Supply Depot and Encampment

About Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot

Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot was formed to advocate for the preservation, study, and proper interpretation of the nationally important revolutionary war site, the Fishkill Supply Depot and Encampment. We are an independent, New York state-registered not-for-profit organization (not as yet a tax-deductible 501c3). We operated under the name Fishkill Historical Focus until August, 2009.

As a grassroots effort dedicated to the memory of the American soldiers who fought and died to found our nation - and possibly thousands of them died and were buried here at the Fishkill Supply Depot, more than at any other single location - it might be surprising to know that we have faced an uphill struggle to win this extraordinary piece of American history the recognition it deserves. Yet these circumstances are in some respects blameless: a combination of general contemporary pressure to seek revenue from properties, regulatory, legal and procedural gaps, and historical accident have combined to produce a situation in which the 70 acres of National Register of Historic Places-designated Fishkill Supply Depot land, or at least some parcels within it, have never come under the care of effective custodianship. Still, the preservation of essential properties at the core of the Depot site can happen in our time, and it is to this end that we are dedicated.

To get the job done, we need your help. Please learn more about the things that you can do.