About Us

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Friends of Camp Security (FOCS) is to preserve, interpret, and commemorate Camp Security, a Revolutionary War Prisoner-of War-Camp in Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

About Us

Email: campsecurity@campsecurity.org

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FOCS Timeline

  • 1972 Exploratory Test on Camp Security Site
  • 1979 Archaeological Dig on Camp Indulgence portion of the Camp Security Site
  • 1999 Formation of the nonprofit group,  Friends of Camp Security
  • 2000 Surface Exploration of Upper and Lower Fields 
  • 2000 – 2002 FOCS joins opposition to Hunter’s Crossing Housing Development
  • 2010 Archaeological Testing at the Schultz House
  • 2011 Springettsbury Township takes possession of acre parcel
  • 2013 FOCS purchased 47 acre parcel and turned over to Springettsbury Township 
  • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 continuing Archaeological Digs
  • 2022 Discovery of a Portion of the Camp Security Stockade 
  • 2023 Archaeological Dig to follow footprint of stockade