Dukes Welcome Center
Fort Lee’s Welcome Center is adjacent to the Lee Gate, just off Route 36, named in honor of Major General Harry L. Dukes
500 Lee Ave, Bldg 5228
Fort Lee Va. 23801
Today Dukes Welcome Center houses the Visitor Information Office and Physical Security.
HOURS OF OPERATION
0700 - 1630
Monday – Friday (Closed Holidays)
For more information, call Dukes Welcome Center at: (804) 734-4593
E-mail us at usarmy.lee.imcom.mbx.leee-visitors-information@mail.mil
Visit the Visitor Information Facebook Page
Directory Assistance: (804) 765-3000
Post Locator: (804) 734-6855
Fort Lee Status Hotline: (804) 765-2679
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Requirements for Visitor Entry:
- Enter through the visitors entrance, Canopy located to the front of Dukes Welcome Center
- Valid driver’s license
- Current vehicle registration
- Proof of current insurance
- Destination as name of facility, building number, street address, or unit name
All adults are required to possess valid ID. All juveniles without valid ID must be accompanied by an adult family member.
Requirements for Motorcycle Entry
Requirements for Rental Vehicles: (with valid Military issued ID)
(You may drive a rental vehicle directly to an Access Control Point without a pass)
- Valid Military ID
- Valid driver’s license
- Vehicle rental agreement
For DoD Decals or Extended Passes you will need to go to the Vehicle Registration office in the Soldier Support Center, Bldg 3400, at the intersection of 16th St. & B Ave
ABOUT MAJOR GENERAL HARRY L. DUKES JR.
Major General Harry L. Dukes Jr. (1928-1987) the 38th Quartermaster General. MG Dukes was born 29 October 1928 in Newberry, South Carolina, and entered the U.S. Army as an enlisted soldier here at Camp Lee during World War II. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1952, he held various assignments as an Artilleryman before transferring to the Quartermaster Corps. During his 32 years active duty service as a Quartermaster officer MG Dukes commanded the 96th S&S Battalion in Vietnam, Umatilla Army Depot in Oregon, and the Sacramento Army Depot; and was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Troop Support Command is St. Louis. MG Dukes also served in Europe, at the Pentagon in Washington, and at TRADOC Headquarters in Ft Monroe, Virginia. MG Dukes commanded the Quartermaster Brigade at Fort Lee, and in his last assignment before retiring in 1984, he was Commander, U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and Fort Lee. The Building that bears his name was dedicated in April 1990, and sits on a piece of roadway that was the original entrance to Camp Lee – the very same entrance Private Dukes used as he entered the installation for the very first time just months after Pearl Harbor.
