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Along Philipstown’s Hudson River shoreline, just south of the Garrison Metro North station, lies the narrow woodland path that served as the escape route for America’s most notorious traitor, Benedict Arnold. August 3 was the 230th anniversary of Arnold taking command at West Point—a position he accepted to facilitate his anticipated treason.

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