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Vol. 30, No 22
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MAY 30 - JUNE 5, 2018
Newburgh’s Algonquin Park is home to
several historic industrial ruins, the most
recognizable being the iconic round stone
structure visible from Powder Mill road.
However, around the park there is little
to no signage indicating or explaining the
rich history of one of the few remaining
DuPont powder mills left in the country.
But that could soon change.
What is now Algonquin Park was
originally a saw mill in 1790 that was later
converted to a black powder mill for rifles
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
County to preserve Algonquin ruins
By LAUREN BERG
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in 1815. It remained a gun powder mill for
the entirety of the 19th century, providing
gun powder for the Civil War, but mostly
for recreational hunting. It was owned by
numerous different companies, generally
known as ‘Orange Mills’ until it was
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City’s long-awaited skatepark opens
Healing
wounds
of war
Veterans share
their stories
By WAYNE A. HALL
Brian Wolfe
Dozens gathered Monday to celebrate the opening of a skatepark at Delano-Hitch Park in the City of Newburgh that was eight years in the
making. Construction on the project began last September,
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Rock solid in their love of country and
sharing their military service, veterans
and friends and families gathered at the
New Windsor Cantonment Sunday where
the Purple Heart Museum is enshrined.
In a Memorial Day “Deep Remembering”
people prayed and aired mental wounds.
“The purpose of the ceremony is to
remember stories related to our shared
experiences of war and military service
that we tend to ignore, want to forget and
need to remember,” says the flier to the
event.
But these veterans were not there
Sunday simply to be thanked for their
military service.
They came to heal their mental wounds
of war by sharing them.
Vietnam helicopter crewman Everett
Cox told of shooting photos of enemy
targets up close so they became precision
targets for fighter pilots and gunship
helicopters.
He still carries the burden of
remembering that and then feeling
the backlash of post-war American
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