The two-hour tours are offered twice a day with stops at the Old Cadet Chapel and a hour at the West Point Cemetery. Reservations are recommended and our bus was full.
West Point should be on your bucket list
Housing for Senior Staff
Houses become larger according to the rank
This one has a higher rank
Look across the Parade Field at the Cadet Barracks
Graduation was @ 3-4 weeks ago
2000 names are inscribed on the granite shaft of the Battle Monument
The Superintendent's home
Cadets coming out of the Mess Hall
Trophy Point offers a postcard-perfect view of the Hudson Highlands
Old cannon collection at Trophy Point
Ed....our tour guide
The West Point Museum contains the largest collection of military artifacts in the United States, including items from ancient Egypt to today's War on Terror. Galleries highlight West Point history, the U.S. Army in peace, American wars, warfare since the Ancient World, and the history of weaponry. Displays feature George Washington's pistols, Hermann Goering's baton and a World War I tank.
West Point Museum
In revolutionary times, American forces strung a 35-ton chain 500 yards across the Hudson river to keep the British at bay
West Point Cadet
West Point Band
Large weapons display in the basement
Includes The Little Fat Man Bomb
And World War I Tank
Today at the entrance of West Point Visitors Center
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