FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: West Point, New York ~ 29 APR, 2014

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: West Point, New York

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. Established in 1802, USMA is the oldest of the United States' five service academies. The military garrison at West Point was occupied in 1778 and played a key role in the Revolutionary War.

The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments. The majority of the campus's neogothic buildings are constructed from gray and black granite. The campus is a popular tourist destination complete with a large visitor center and the oldest museum in the United States Army.

Candidates for admission must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a congressman. Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets. Tuition for cadets is fully funded by the Army in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation.

Approximately 1300 cadets enter the Academy each spring with about 1,000 cadets graduating. Graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants. The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree with a curriculum that grades cadets' performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. Cadets are required to adhere to the Cadet Honor Code, which states that "a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do".

The academy grounds are home to numerous monuments and statues. The central cadet parade ground, the Plain, hosts the largest number, and includes the Washington Monument, Thayer Monument, Eisenhower Monument, MacArthur Monument, Kosciuszko Monument, and Sedgwick Monument.

 A monument to George S. Patton was dedicated in front of the cadet library in 1950, but in 2004 it was placed in storage to make room for the construction of Jefferson Hall. With the completion of Jefferson Hall, Patton's statue was relocated and unveiled at a temporary location on 15 May 2009, where it will remain until the completion of the renovation of the old cadet library and Bartlett Hall.

There is also a statue commemorating brotherhood and friendship from the Ecole Polytechnique in the cadet central area just outside Nininger Hall. The remaining campus area is home to 27 other monuments and memorials.

West Point is renowned as an historic and distinguished military academy, and a leading, progressive institution of higher education. Made legendary in books and movies, the Academy's "Long Gray Line" includes some of our nation's most famous leaders: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, and Norman Schwarzkopf.

Today, West Point continues to provide hundreds of young men and women the unique opportunity to develop physically, ethically, and intellectually while building a foundation for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding career as an Army officer in the service of our nation.

Learn More About West Point HERE!

The West Point Museum is the largest diversified collection of military artifacts available for the general public, researchers and cadets to view.

The museum was founded officially in 1854 by Congressional Act, but traces the roots of its collections to the defeat of the British at Saratoga in 1777.

As a department of the United States Military Academy, the Museum supports cadet academic, military and cultural instruction.

Its collections include nearly all aspects of military history and encompass the history of West Point and the United States Military Academy, the evolution of warfare, and the development of the American Armed Forces.

While only a portion of the collection is on display, all artifacts are available for cadet academic instruction, special exhibition and research.

Visit The West Point Museum HERE!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you get some rest over the weekend? No more adventures?

[laurenmarlowe]

YUMMY! Glad you enjoyed!

[laurenmarlowe]

It is quite scenic and historic. Have never been but would sure like to go sometime!

[luvie]

Great road trip! and it’s the REAL Lauren! LOL!

I’ve always wanted to visit West Point. Lotsa history made there early on!

Howdy, lady! (((hugs)))

You’ve been missed, even though Kathy does a splendid job filling in!

Y’all are both rock stars!

[laurenmarlowe]

You betcha!

Wrapping up loose ends here and gone by the end of June. Should be in Charleston by June 30.

I am so looking forward to my vacation with the kiddos!

*MUCHO HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you for the beautiful bluebonnets ConorMacNessa!

Always love your posts, and I have missed them a lot.

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy LUV!

*HUGS*

It’s great to see you!

Yep, MA is the best filler-in! :o)

[luvie]

Mmmm...chicken-n-dumplin’s. My FAV!! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you had more sun today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am off to the doc to see if I have an earache...never had one before, but it hurts. We will see.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Mayor! Thank you very much for today's Daily Bread.



On a somewhat different note, but relevant, it is my understanding that the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture by Felix de Weldon, depicting the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who raised the Flag over Mt. Suribachi, includes thirteen hands hoisting the Flag.

I believe Rembrandt and de Weldon had the same thing in mind.

He is with us always!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Smedly Dewlap]

Watching my son and his fellow cadets is wonderful. You will never find a nicer, smarter, or more polite group of young people. We have spent days wandering around the campus, and everywhere you look there is history. Classes going back over a hundred years planted class trees, and at the base is a small stone marker with a year chiseled into it - the class year. The museum is fantastic, and the library is incredible. When we were there for Plebe Parent weekend, they had the minutes from the honor court (still held in Ninninger Hall) that kicked Edgar Allen Poe out!

[ConorMacNessa]

It's wonderful to see you back, Lauren - it has been much too long since we have had the pleasure of your company. I know you've been "chained to the desk" and we are most fortunate to have your threads posted by Kathy, God Bless her!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[left that other site]

Hi everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[left that other site]

That particular painting was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum in Boston about 40 years ago, and has never been recovered.

There were other Rembrandts, some Degas, and others stolen in the heist, but this was the profoundest loss, as it was one the only paintings Rembrandt did involving the Sea..

[ConorMacNessa]

That is no surprise to me, SD - I come from a military family. As a veteran, I have visited bases from time to time and have always been most gratified by the reception I have received.

I have great faith in the skill, professionalism and Patriotism of our serving Troops. In the civilians who command them - not so much.

Godspeed your son as he embarks on his service to our Nation!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[MoochPooch]

Evening Lauren, Kathy.

Hope all is well.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, ML!

*HUGS*

Did not know that! What an outrage!

Sadly, there will always be those who will take or destroy that which the greatest among us will create. I once had a hand-spun calendar in my kitchen with pictures of Pennsylvania Covered Bridges, one of which stands over the Conodoguinet Creek next to a farm that my Father used to own. It has been thirty-five years since I drove over that bridge, and I do not know whether it still stands. Mpst of the bridges depicted on that calendar are gone.

The calendar bears the legend "The hands and brains of soulless men / Destroy what time will never build again."

How apropos in this beniohted time!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[left that other site]

http://www.gardnermuseum.org/resources/theft

The Gardiner Museum was a treasure and part of Boston’s heritage. I spent many hours there as a child. Mrs. Jack (Isabella Stewart Gardiner) had never been accepted by Boston’s Blue Blood society, but she was very rich, so she had the Palace imported from Venice, stone by stone, and rebuilt in Boston’s Back Bay. She filled it with the world’s best art, and left in her will that it was for The People of Boston to Enjoy.

So all us “Hoi polloi” got to enjoy Rembrandt and other wonderful art for free.

I think there is a small fee now, probably to pay for security.

[ConorMacNessa]

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