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Fort Tryon stood on this hilltop as the northern outwork of Fort Washington. On November 16, 1776, it was gallantly defended against Hessian troops by the Maryland and Virginia Regiment, and Margaret Corbin shared in that defense as the first American woman to take a soldier’s part in the War for Liberty.
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