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Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Pennsylvania, with a Carlisle post office address and with a portion in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The site of the U.S. Army War College , it is the nation's second-oldest active military base.
The United States Army War College (USAWC) is a U.S. Army educational institution in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, [2] with a Carlisle postal address, on the 500-acre (2 km 2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. [3]
The U.S. Army Military History Institute resided in Upton Hall, on Carlisle Barracks, from 1967 to 2004. The center, including the holdings of the institute, relocated from Upton Hall to Ridgway Hall in 2004, officially opening on September 24.
The historic Carlisle Barracks (established 1757, afterwards site of the U.S. Army War College, [1901], and U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, [1967]) were vacant and available for use. The military site was less than two miles from an already well established educational institution, Dickinson College (founded 1773, chartered 1783).
Carlisle also served as a munitions depot during the American Revolutionary War. The depot was later developed into the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks. Revolutionary War legend Molly Pitcher died in the borough in 1832, and her body lies buried in the Old Public Graveyard. A hotel was built in her honor, called the Molly ...
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The Depot was recognized by the Secretary of the Army for Environmental Restoration in 2002, Environmental Quality in 2006, and Environmental Sustainability in 2009. [7] As of 2014, the environmental cleanup, for which the Army has spent about $30 million, has slowed the return of the land, ordered by the Base Realignment and Closure in 1995.