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Do You Have An Interest In History And Would Like To Volunteer? Camp Shanks Museum Wants You!

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The Camp Shanks Museum commemorates the military facility that served as the largest point of embarkation for soldiers headed for the front lines in 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. Most soldiers spent eight to 12 days at the self-supporting complex dubbed “Last Stop, U.S.A.” Located in a simulated barracks, the museum contains artifacts and photographs that recount the history of Camp Shanks and describe the everyday life of male and female soldiers at the facility. A Wall of Honor lists servicemen and women who spent time there. 

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Hezekiah Easter The First Black American To Be Elected Into Rockland County Legislature

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Hezekiah Easter, was inducted into the Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2003.  In his career and in the history of Rockland, Hezekiah Easter was often the first. He became the first Black person elected to public office in Rockland County 1965 when he won a seat on the Village of Nyack Board of Trustees. Easter served as deputy mayor and police commissioner in the village. In November 1969, he was elected as an inaugural member of the Rockland County Legislature.

Easter, a Nyack community leader ensured the preservation and restoration of a historic Black Cemetery (Mt. Moor Cemetery is currently surrounded by the Palisades Mall) and worked on behalf of social justice issues, including affordable housing and an integrated workforce.

” I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and for as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can”  Yours in Christ, Trustee Ezekiah Easter.

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Rockland County At It’s Most Beautiful There Is No Better Way To Start The Day

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                  Beautiful Sunrise at Haverstraw Bay Park
                                                           Photo by Rockland Photographer, Owey Cramsie Jr.

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