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9.3 Cadet Prayer. 10 Museum. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Eternal Father, Strong to Save (including special verses for West Point ...
"The West Point outrage – the Court of Inquiry in session" (Harper's Weekly, May 1880) Whittaker told administrators that he had been attacked by three fellow cadets, but his account of the morning was not believed. [3] West Point administrators said that he had fabricated the attack to win sympathy. [3]
"The Corps" was first sung on the steps of the Cadet Chapel on 12 June 1910, and became part of the graduation ceremony starting in 1911. [1] Today, "The Corps" is typically sung by the Cadet Glee Club (West Point's choir) in companion to the Alma Mater at alumni gatherings, graduation, memorial ceremonies and funerals.
Dedicated in 1818 in memory of Cadet Vincent M. Lowe, who had died in 1817 in a pre-mature cannon discharge. The monument is located at the far north-east corner of the West Point Cemetery, in the oldest part of the cemetery grounds. The names of cadets who died in the line of duty during the academy's earliest days are inscribed on the ...
The Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy is a place of Protestant denomination worship for many members of the United States Corps of Cadets. The chapel is a late example of Gothic Revival architecture , with its cross-shaped floor plan, soaring arches, and ornate stone carvings.
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York, that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. Confederate President Jefferson Davis, himself a former officer and West Point graduate (class of 1828), preferred West Point trained officers for the Confederate States Army (CSA ...
Completed in 1900, it is the oldest chapel on the West Point campus in continual use, [1] although the 1836 Old Cadet Chapel, moved in 1910 to West Point Cemetery, is still in use for funeral services and weekly Lutheran denominational services. Most Holy Trinity Chapel was expanded in 1959.
The Old Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy is a church and location of funeral and memorial services. It is the oldest chapel at West Point, having originally been built in 1836. [ 1 ]