The U.S. Army establishes Pine Camp eleven miles east of Watertown. The post is later re-named Camp Drum and today, Fort Drum.
1913
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, visits Sackets Harbor to dedicate a monument at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield to those who served in the War of 1812.
1917-18
· Madison Barracks trains officers for service in World War I. As many as 2,500 men are stationed here during this period.
1918-19
Madison Barracks is used as a hospital for shell-shocked veterans and other World War I wounded.
1922
The "Red Legs", the Second Battalion of the Seventh Field Artillery, arrived at Madison Barracks. The Red Legs acquired their nickname due to distinctive piping on the seams of their trousers.
1923
A Citizens' Military Training Camp is established at Madison Barracks by the U.S. War Department to bring young men together to "stimulate patriotism and promote military preparedness."
1928
The Sackets Harbor "Civic Improvement League" is formed by the woman of Sackets Harbor to help convey the history of the village and foster improvements in the village. The Civic League operates the Pickering-Beach Historical Museum for many years.
1930
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fox, Paramount, and Pathe film the maneuvers of the Seventh Field Artillery and the Twenty-Eighth Infantry on the ice of the Lake Ontario.
1933
A camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era mobilization of young men to carry out environmental projects, is established at Madison Barracks. In 1934, Madison Barracks becomes the headquarters for ten CCC Camps in the region.
"Old Battlefield Park" is given to the State of New York, under the auspices of the Thousand Island State Park Commission, by the Jefferson County Historical Society and the Village of Sackets Harbor.
1934-35
The Army's "motorization" of the Twenty-fifth Field Artillery replaces horses and mules with trucks at Madison Barracks.
1937
The United States subchaser, S.C. 431, explodes at anchor off Navy Point, mortally wounding Chief Petty Officer Steven Kafka, who dies three days later.
1941
The Pickering-Beach family donates its home to the Village of Sackets Harbor for use as a house museum.
1941-44
Madison Barracks is used by the National Guard, and medical and quartermaster units during World War II.
1945
The U.S. government considers closing both Pine Camp and Madison Barracks. Ultimately, Pine Camp is expanded and Madison Barracks is closed.
1946
Madison Barracks is declared surplus property by the U.S. Government.
1949
The New York Central Railroad abandons its line to Sackets Harbor.
1955
Madison Barracks is sold to a private individual.
1956
The U.S. Government declares its property on Horse Island surplus.
1967-74
The State of New York purchases the Union Hotel and several parcels of land adjacent to the "Old Battlefield Park" and implements a program to open the historic site to the public.
1973
The village of Sackets Harbor adopts an Historic Zoning Law and establishes an Historic Zoning Board.
