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Steuben Memorial
Rome, United States
<center><big><big>Historic New York</big></big><br><br> <big>Steuben Memorial</big><br> (Three miles northwest of Remsen, Oneida County)<br><br> Home and grave of Baron Frederick William von Steuben<br> (1730-1794)<br><br> <big>Drillmaster of the American Revolution</big><br><br> Arriving at Valley Forge in February, 1778, this German-born officer found "an army of skeletons...naked, starved, sick, discouraged," -and undisciplined. By day he drilled them for the victorious campaigns of that summer. By candlelight he wrote a MANUAL OF ARMS which is still the basis for the discipline of our armed forces.<br> "His services were indispensable to the achievement of American independence."</center>