NY, USA
West Point
First-person accounts and interpretive stories from West Point.
2 Stories
Accounts & Voices
Historical Voice
The Spy Who Charmed His Captors
Major John Andre
Major John Andre was everything Benedict Arnold was not: refined, charming, artistically talented, and possessed of a personal grace that disarmed even his enemies. He was also a spy who had conspired...
Modern VoiceHolding the River With Iron and Stone
We have links from the Great Chain in our collection. When visitors see them — each one weighing over a hundred pounds, hand-forged at the Sterling Iron Works in 1778 — they begin to understand the sc...