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.

The full version of this story is available only to subscribers. Subscribe now to access to full versions of  news stories in our archive of over 12,000 stories going back to 1999.

Username or e-mail address: *

You may login with either your assigned username or your e-mail address.

Password: *

The password field is case sensitive.