Tappan Historic District (André Execution Site)

The village where British Major John André was tried as a spy and hanged on October 2, 1780, after being captured with incriminating documents linking him to Benedict Arnold's West Point plot. Tappan is linked to the Stony Point story through the same Hudson Highlands strategic corridor; the two episodes — Wayne's triumph and Arnold's betrayal — bracket the most consequential year of northern theater operations.