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West Point, New York - Wikipedia West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States Located on the Hudson River in New York, General George Washington stationed his headquarters in West Point in the summer and fall of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War, and later called it "the most important Post in America" in 1781 following the war's end
The River and the Bridge | Richard Nilsen From the George Washington Bridge, it travels up the West Shore of the river until it rejoins its eastern branch, U S 9, at Albany Along the way, you pass Harriman State Park, with its scenic Seven Lakes Drive; you pass Bear Mountain, with its winter ski jumping; you pass West Point, Newburgh, Kingston
West Point’s Critical Role in the American Revolution - HISTORY General George Washington believed that West Point, located on a bluff overlooking an S-shaped curve in the Hudson 60 miles north of Manhattan, was the key to holding the river and maintaining
The Great West Point Chain - Journal of the American Revolution Control of the Hudson River was important strategically during the American Revolution The river, along with lakes George and Champlain, was a potential invasion route from Canada It also was a physical separator of the colonies Men as well as supplies crossed the river
Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, NY - HistoryNet George Washington considered it the most important strategic position in the colonies and later moved his headquarters there That spring Patriot work crews ran a truly Brobdingnagian chain supported by rafts of huge logs from the shore at West Point east to Constitution Island
Hudson River Campaign - 1779 - George Washingtons Mount Vernon King's Ferry was an important river crossing between Stony and Verplank's Point in the Hudson Highlands It was the southernmost line of communication between New England and the Middle Colonies located between New York City and the West Point Fortifications Courtesy Department of History, United States Military Academy
Visiting - West Point Association of Graduates Take the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River Take the Palisades Parkway north to the Bear Mountain rotary Exit the rotary at Rt 9W North Follow Rt 9W to the first West Point exit Continue straight after exiting, and through Highland Falls To Thayer Gate