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.
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