Fall Hours for the Camp Shanks Museum:
Saturday, November 30, 2024: 11 am – 3 pm
Saturday, December 7, 2024: 11 am – 3 pm
Saturday, December 28, 2024: 11 am – 3 pm
Saturday, January 18, 2025: 11 am – 3 pm
Saturday, February 15, 2025: 11 am – 3 pm
Camp Shanks Museum
Camp Shanks Museum commemorates the largest World War II embarkation camp on America’s East Coast. Camp Shanks is located at 20 Greenbush Road in Orangeburg (behind the Orangetown Building Department and Orangeburg Library).
Camp Shanks served as a point of embarkation for troops departing overseas during World War II. Dubbed “Last Stop USA”, the camp housed about 50,000 troops spread over 2,040 acres and was the largest World War II Army embarkation camp, processing 1.3 million service personnel including 75% of those participating in the D-Day invasion. In 1945 Camp Shanks housed German and Italian prisoners of war.
After the war, Camp Shanks was converted into housing for veterans with families attending colleges and universities in the New York City area under the GI Bill; the settlement, then known as Shanks Village, closed in 1954. A small museum opened near the site in June 1994.
Hours: August – Saturdays and Sundays 11 am – 3 pm
Free Admission
Come retrace the steps of our WWII Camp Shanks soldiers on their way to fight in Europe!
The Camp Shanks Freedom Trail Map
The Camp Shanks Freedom Trail memorializes the sacrifice of the nearly 1.3 million soldiers that passed through Camp Shanks. The trail marks the route that soldiers took from Camp Shanks to the Piermont Pier so that others can follow in their footsteps. Click HERE for map.
Many thanks to the hard work of Eagle Scout, Michael Hanebuth, Troop 2055 Blauvelt, NY for building the trail and creating the detailed map.
