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Past in Review: Richard Willis, West Point’s First Teacher of Music
In 1816, a young Irishman set sail across the Atlantic toward the promise of a new job and a better life in America, beginning a journey that would change the course of not only West Point, but the entirety of American music history.
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Past in Review: West Point and the Vietnam War
Spanning the classes of 1941 to 1970, 333 West Point graduates died during the Vietnam War, which lasted from the formation of MAAG Vietnam (Military Assistance Advisory Group) on November 1, 1955 to the withdrawal of the last American combat troops on March 29, 1973.
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Changes to the Physical Development Program
Since the beginning of the Academy, an integrated curriculum of physical education, testing and competitive sports have been core components to cadet physical development at West Point.
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West Point’s Most Winning “Brotherhood”
West Point’s most winning men’s team added a top trophy to their case in 2022 when they won the Men’s Division 1A Rugby National Championship for the first time in program history.
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Fourth Class to Four Class Leadership
The U.S. Military Academy has always developed leaders for the Army and the nation, but the way in which it has conducted this mission has evolved over time, changing several times in the last hundred or so years
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Who Remembers…? Teaching Tools at USMA
Every graduate has been through USMA’s academic system, yet the technological aids they have used to make it through that system have depended on when they were a cadet.
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Declare It! 20 Years of Women’s Army Rugby
Women’s Rugby at the Academy has not only contributed to the athletic laurels of the Black Knights but also to the skills learned on the pitch that have contributed to grad success in the Army.
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West Point, A Changing Landscape
One way to mark the physical changes at West Point is to look at where its famous structures, namely its monuments, used to be located versus where they reside today, as well as to examine how some of these monuments have been altered over time.
