NY, USA
Stony Point
First-person accounts and interpretive stories from Stony Point.
2 Stories
Accounts & Voices
Modern Voice
The River That Could Cut a Nation in Half
People come to Stony Point, see a pretty view of the Hudson and a lighthouse, and are surprised this place was worth dying for. Then you explain the geography, and it clicks. The Hudson was the one na...
Historical VoiceNo Muskets: The Logic of Bayonets Only
Anthony Wayne
The order that made Stony Point possible went against every soldier's instinct: leave your muskets unloaded. If you fire before the fort is taken, you will be flogged. Wayne understood that the tradit...