West Point is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Highlands in Orange County, located on the western bank of the Hudson River. The population was 7,341 at the 2020 census.

General Benedict Arnold made infamous history when he accepted a bribe from the British in return for the location of West Point in 1780. Luckily, his plot was foiled when the Americans captured British spy Major John Andre, but Arnold is still known as one of the greatest traitors in America's history.

West Point is located on a plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River approximately sixty miles north of New York City. In 1781, George Washington called the fortified site “the most important Post in America,” and he worked to keep Patriot control of West Point throughout the Revolutionary War. 1

Jan 23, 2019 · On January 27, 1778, Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons and his brigade crossed the ice on the Hudson River and climbed to the plain on West Point and from that day to the present, West...

History of West Point and its Military Importance During the American Revolution: and the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy by Captain Edward C. Boynton, A.M. 1863

In August 1775, a committee appointed by the State of New York and consisting of Isaac Sears, John Berrien, Christopher Miller, Captain Samuel Bayard and Captain William Bedlow, began the erection of forts and batteries in the vicinity of West Point.

The story of Constitution Island is the story of the people who once lived here: From the Lenape Indian Tribe of indigenous people who were here thousands of years before European explorers to the Warner Family and the many West Point cadets who found a haven away from home; the American Revolutionary War soldiers; the early Dutch settlers and ...

West Point is a United States federal military reservation established by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It comprises about 16,000 acres (6,500 ha) including the campus of the United States Military Academy, which is also called West Point.

west point, new york. Located on the west side of a sharp bend of the Hudson River seven miles below Fishkill, West Point was not fortified until after Clinton's expedition of October 1777 demonstrated the inadequacy of the Patriots' existing defenses.

West Point is one of the Nation's oldest military post in continuous operation. A permanent garrison of American revolutionary troops were stationed here on January 20, 1778 to thwart British efforts to control river navigation and split the colonies.