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WEST POINT — Following hundreds of nominations nationwide and a national vote yielding more than 23,000 votes, Amy Marson, the wife of Garrison Commander Col. Cecil Marson, has been named the 2020 Armed Forces Insurance West Point Spouse of the Year.

“When we have children’s events, we tend to talk a lot about imagination,” Highland Falls Library Director Leslie Rose told the 50 or so people gathered downstairs in the library Sunday evening. “When we have adults with us, we tend to talk about community. That’s what this afternoon is, a gathering of friends, family and community.”

Last year the community’s July 4th celebration consisted of a drive-by parade and lots of little fireworks displays set off by residents that were mostly illegal since New York banned fireworks by private citizens several years ago.