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~~I think of Cambridge as one of those adorable little towns that can make you want to never see another metropolis again. It is to the soul like home cooking is to the tummy: soothing, relaxing, comforting, satisfying.
 
Picture a lovely old town near the mouth of a sizable river that divides into little arms of water that wend their way through the geography of the communities. Add some small, cozy, close-together frame houses near to town and some larger, statelier homes on the periphery.
 

As it meanders southward on its journey toward Manhattan and Long Island Sound, the Hudson River passes through some of the most beautifully scenic country in the United States. Lush rolling hills and rocky cliffs line the river and provided welcome inspiration for the earliest Europeans to settle here. Nestled among these hills, along the banks of the Hudson sits the small city of Newburgh, once home to 8,000 troops of the Continental Army as it stood guard over this strategic river during the American Revolution, preventing its use by the British army headquartered in New York City.