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The Unite States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point or, for collegiate athletic purposes, Army) is a United States Army post and service academy. West Point was the first United States military post built after the Declaration of Independence. In its inception, it was under the command of Benedict Arnold. Established in 1802, it is the oldest military academy in the United States. Students are referred to as cadets. Collectively, graduates are known as "The Long Gray Line" because of the color of cadet uniforms and the unbroken line of West Point graduates. West Point trains more United States Army officers than any other single institution and a high proportion of distinguished American generals have been West Point graduates. Currently, over 900 graduates are commissioned as U.S. Army lieutenants every year, representing 25% of new lieutenants commissioned.

Trivia about west point

  • Dating back to the revolution, it's the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States
  • Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee & Jefferson Davis were graduates of this college
  • Robert graduated from this school in 1829 with an incredible zero demerits
  • 973 dress white garrison caps were tossed in the air at this Hudson River site May 28, 1986
  • In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school"
  • In 1886 Pershing graduated 30th out of 77 from this school
  • Jefferson Davis graduated from the U.S. Military Academy here
  • In 1877 Henry Flipper became the first black graduate of this military academy
  • Now site of a military academy, Benedict Arnold plotted to turn over its fort to the British
  • In 1909 George S. Patton graduated 46th out of 103 at this institution
  • In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school"
  • Cadets can visit its artillery museum that dates back to 1854, with a collection that began about 1779
  • A military academy was founded at this site on March 16, 1802
  • A famous expression at this military academy is "Much of the history we teach was made by people we taught"
  • Whistler was a cadet at this service academy but was dismissed because of his poor academic record
  • The museum of this largest & oldest military academy in the U.S. houses tanks & other WWI memorabilia
  • Dwight Eisenhower lived in the same Kansas home from the age of 8 until he went off to this school at age 20
  • Established in 1802, it was the first school of engineering in the U.S. & women weren't admitted until 1976
  • This military academy's 3-word motto is "Duty, Honor, Country"
  • General Stonewall Jackson graduated from this military academy in 1846
  • AKA the "Father of the Military Academy", Col. Sylvanus Thayer was the fifth superintendent at this school
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew walks atop a lush seaside hill.) I'm at this site in New York State bought by Congress for $11,085 in 1790 at the request of the Secretary of War
  • This upstate N.Y. academy's team has won back-to-back National Collegeiate Boxing Association titles
  • Kristin Baker was the first woman to be named First Captain of this school's corps of cadets
  • The Casemate Museum in Fort Monroe, Va. has an exhibit on Poe's military life, including his appt. to this school
  • British Major and spy John Andre was an "ineligible receiver" when he got the secret plans to this location in 1790