In front of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School is a monument to the 1779 army encampment. It is an attractive spot, with the monument surrounded by evergreens.
The monument bears the following inscription:
"In this field General George Washington encamped for a night on a march From Newburg to Morristown in 1779 to meet General Lafayette.
With him was an aide lieutenant John Kays, of Sussex County, a soldier of the American Revolution." [1]
Sources:
1.^ Monument erected by Marchioness Ellen Kays McLaughlin, a member of the Newton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a grand daughter of John Kays.
