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The United States Military Academy opens at West Point, New York.

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United States Military Academy

U.S. Army federal service academy in West Point, New York

The United States Military Academy (USMA), commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York, that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Army. The academy was founded in 1802, and it is the oldest of the…
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West Point, New York

CDP in New York, United States

West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States. Located on the Hudson River in New York, General George Washington stationed his headquarters in West Point in the summer and fall of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War, and later called…
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