There was a similar debate about âNegroâ in the 2000 Census, as there have been about other race terms in previous census years. Before 1960, census-takers filled out the enumeration forms and chose the category for each American they counted.
The Garrison train wreck, 1897. Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. 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. The Garrison Metro-North Railroad station serves the town.
The town is accessible to New York City in about 45 minutes. The closest airport, about 15 minutes away, is the Westchester County Airport, followed by LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport. Money Magazine has ranked Greenwich number one on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States. The 67.2-square-mile town, which has referred to itself as the Gateway to New England, is bordered to the south by the Sound, to the east by the city of Stamford, and to the west and north by Westchester County, New York.