The Week That Won the War: The True Story of the Firing on The Vulture
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-HudsonOn September 22,1780 a cannonade was fired from Croton Point (then Tellers Point) on the British ship The Vulture. This action stranded British spymaster Major John André, leading to his capture and thwarting Benedict Arnold’s plan to hand West Point over to the British. The story of The Vulture’s arrival in Haverstraw Bay on September […]
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