A REVOLUTIONARY DAY ALONG HISTORIC US ROUTE 9W A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROAD TRIP TRIP LOG

INTRODUCTION: A Revolutionary Day that follows British incursions from New York City up the Hudson River.

Early Morning -- Mile Mark 0 - 13.2

 

NEW YORK CITY, NY: A short walk from Battery Park to Wall Street historically traverses the beginning and the end of the American Revolution as well as the beginning of the American nation.

 

Mid-Morning -- Mile Mark 13.2 - 33.4

 

FORT LEE, NJ: Visit the “post on the New Jersey side” where George Washington was forced to watch the surrender of New York City to the British.

 

ALPINE LANDING: Visit the base of the Palisades near the location of the British landing prior to the attack on Fort Lee.

 

Late Morning — Mile Mark 33.4 - 52.7 

 

TAPPAN, NY: Visit the DeWint House: George Washington’s Headquarters on four separate occasions.

 

Early Afternoon — Mile Mark 52.7 - 64.5

 

STONY POINT BATTLEFIELD, NY: Visit the battlefield where a British garrison was surprised by a midnight assault by “Mad” Anthony Wayne’s American Light Infantry.

 

FORT MONTGOMERY: Visit the remains of Fort Montgomery.

 

Mid-Afternoon — Mile Mark 64.5 - 78.1

 

WEST POINT: Tour the “west point” of the Hudson River — a natural obstacle to river navigation and once the site of a well-fortified, American defensive position; also a plot of land that was once offered for sale by Benedict Arnold to the British for 20,000 pounds and the current home of the United States Military Academy.

 

Late Afternoon — Mile Mark 78.1 - 119.3

 

NEW WINDSOR: Visit Washington’s final winter encampment from October 1782 to June 1783.

 

NEWBURGH: Visit Washington’s longest and final headquarters of the American Revolution.

 

Early Evening — Mile Mark 119.3

 

KINGSTON: Walk around the Kingston Stockade that was once torched by the British in the fall of 1777.

 

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