![]() ![]() The collection there is amazing, everything from ancient flintlock pistols to the modern stuff. Way back in the winter of 1973–74, myself and a couple of my partners in crime finagled our way into cataloging all of the small arms in the Army Museum. But during the wintertime things were much slower, and if we didn’t find a job, the officers would find some way to keep us busy. ![]() It was a great job we worked a lot of hours during the summer training not only cadets, and but also regular GIs, National Guard, Army Reserves, and occasionally even police officers. I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that I spent some time as a firearms instructor at West Point a long time ago. Now, if you’re going to read my next Big Lake mystery, remember that building because Ladycliff College plays a role in the book. The museum is housed in the former Ladycliff College. We crossed the river on the Bear Mountain Bridge and then it was a short drive to Highland Falls, where we visited the West Point Museum. We stayed on the east side of the Hudson and drove south on Route 9D, pausing in the charming little communities of Cold Spring and Garrison to enjoy views of the river and across the water to West Point. But this time, instead of taking the more direct route across the Hudson River on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge and then taking Route 9W to the Military Academy, we took a more scenic route. Yesterday morning we left the motorhome at the Beacon Elks Lodge to go back and spend the day at West Point.
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