Portal:Hudson Valley/Did you know/40


 * ... that St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, New York held Sunday services for nearly 100 years in its chapel (pictured) during wintertime because it was too difficult to heat the main church building?
 * ... that the Rushmore Memorial Library in Highland Mills, New York, takes its name from Charles E. Rushmore, the same man Mount Rushmore is named for?
 * ... that Benedict Arnold learned about the capture of his fellow-conspirator John André while living on Sugarloaf Hill, from which he then fled?

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