West Point is located at 41°22′15″N 74°02′34″W / 41.370933°N 74.042851°W
West Point came about by first being occupied by the Continental Army in 1778, making it the longest continually in use post in the United States
The academy overlooks the Hudson River, and is 50 miles north of New York City. The USMA is the oldest of the United States’ five service academies.
To me the most interesting part of the day on our way to Ossining was cruising by West Point Military Academy. Such a historic place, I wished to have stopped there and take a tour, but it was a Sunday, everything would have been closed, and we had to press on to NYC. So I will share with you, in my own words, what I learned from what some of the crew on board knew and what I found on the internet from various websites. (Most information captured from www.usma.com)
I would also like to note that West Point somewhat has a romantic place in my heart. I shall explain… Back in my western novel days I read a lot books by Robert Parker, and these were great books, could hardly put them down. A lot of the characters had gone to West Point, and were highly thought of and sought out by others because of their time there. So it was neat for me to do some research on West Point and see what was so great.
Back in the day (the time of the Revolutionary War) they constructed a chain underwater across the river, to prevent The British from being able to come close to the fort.
This is a quote straight from ww.usma.com “Renowned as the world’s premier leader development institution, West Point accomplishes its mission by developing cadets intellectually, physically, militarily, ethically, spiritually, and socially.”
I guess it’s a very prestigious academy to graduate from.
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