West PointArcadia Publishing, 2007 - 127 oldal West Point presents a unique visual history of an essential American institution. Built directly into the granite above the Hudson River, West Point began its military history during the Revolutionary War and continues today, preparing officers for the U.S. Army. The cadets appointed to the U.S. Military Academy march on hallowed ground, privileged to take their place in "the Long Gray Line," among America's best and brightest. |
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Acknowledgments | 6 |
Introduction | 7 |
Defending the Hudson | 9 |
Building the Academy | 21 |
Worshipping at West Point | 39 |
Educating and Training the Corps | 45 |
Playing Sports and Games | 61 |
Weathering West Point Winter | 73 |
Remembering the Past | 77 |
Entertaining Friends | 87 |
Visiting West Point | 109 |
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ARMY MULES ARTILLERY BARRACKS ARVIN GYMNASIUM batteries BATTLE MONUMENT beautiful building built cadet area cadets march cannon CATHOLIC CHAPEL Club Constitution Island Copyright by Waldon corps of cadets Courtesy of John Courtesy of Roddy CULLUM HALL dance DAY LINE Douglas MacArthur Dress Parade flag FLIRTATION WALK football FORT PUTNAM full-dress garden graduates Grant Hall GUARD Highland Falls horsemanship skills houses Hudson River INTERIOR John and June June Gunza KOSCIUSZKO'S Lee Lawrie located Lusk Reservoir MEMORIAL HALL mess hall MICHIE STADIUM officers Old Cadet Chapel parade field picture plebe postcard shows postmarked PUTNAM Quarters 100 Revolutionary Roddy MacLeod ROOM Seth Hudgins soldiers steamboat superintendent Sylvanus Thayer TAYLOR HALL THAYER HALL THAYER HOTEL THAYER MONUMENT Thayer Road Trophy Point U. S. Military Academy uniform United States Military upperclassmen USMA VIEW visitors Waldon Fawcett Warner Washington Hall West Point Cemetery West Point Museum