Don McLean, singer-songwriter and guitarist.Patty Hearst, newspaper heiress and convicted bank robber, lives in Garrison.Jim Hall, jazz musician, composer, and arranger lived in Garrison.Revolutionary War, Captured by the British with 14 year old son, Beverly Garrison, Battle of Ft. Hamilton Fish III, former US Congressman.Phillips Church Cemetery in Garrison, NY. Sergeant Hamilton Fish II, a member of Theodore Roosevelt's "Park Avenue Contingent", and the first of the Rough Riders to die, was killed near Sevilla, Cuba on June 23, 1898, and is buried in the St.Hamilton Fish, former US Secretary of State.The Manitou Learning Center is a private Garrison school that emphasizes bilingual education, experiential learning and purposeful play. Some notable teachers include Lee Posniack (Earth Science & Astronomy/Meteorology), Lou Sassano (Math Department), Mark Patinella (Biology & Forensics), Brian Ogden (Global History), and Dr. Haldane High School is located in Cold Spring and was awarded a Blue Ribbon school in 2016. Graduating students have the choice of going to Haldane High School in Cold Spring or across the river to James O'Neill High School in Highland Falls for high school.
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Garrison is home of the Garrison Union Free School, or GUFS. Garrison is served by two weekly newspapers: The Highlands Current, founded in 2010 and published on Friday, and the Putnam County News & Recorder, founded in 1868 and published on Wednesday. The national corporate headquarters of Outward Bound USA, the worldwide premier outdoor adventure and educational organization is also located in Garrison. The Garrison Art Center promotes local and regional artists. The Hastings Center, founded in 1969, is an internationally recognized bioethics think tank and research center. The Garrison Institute is a progressive interfaith organization and retreat center. The Hudson Highlands Land Trust promotes and assists in local conservation efforts. Constitution Marsh is an Audubon sanctuary with walking trails and canoe tours on the Hudson River. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, founded in 1987 with its first performances at Manitoga, is now located at Boscobel, a Federal-style mansion (built 1804–1808) for the Morris States Dyckman family. It is operated by the non-profit Russel Wright Design Center, with tours and hiking trails. Manitoga is the extensive woodland gardens estate of modernist designer Russel Wright, and the location of his National Register of Historic Places listed modern style house Dragon Rock. Garrison is home to many non-profit and cultural organizations. The Saint Basil Academy in the town served as the finish line of The Amazing Race 10 in 2006. įor the 1969 film Hello, Dolly! starring Barbra Streisand, Garrison was the filming location for the Yonkers scenes. The Garrison train wreck took place near Garrison on the Great Hudson River Railway on October 24, 1897, killing 20 people. Isaac and his son Beverly Garrison fought in the Battle of Fort Montgomery in 1777, were captured by the British and later set free. Garrison's Landing) was named after 2nd Lieutenant Isaac Garrison, who held a property lot on the Hudson River across from West Point and conducted a ferry service across the Hudson River between the two hamlets. The Garrison Metro-North Railroad station serves the town. It is part of the town of Philipstown, on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States.
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