United States. Army -- Drill and tactics.; Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes -- United States.; United States Military Academy -- Drills and ceremonies.; United States Military Academy -- Cadet life; United States Military Academy --...
Cadets in full dress grey over white standing at attention along Plain. Artillery piece in cartouche on upper right corner of the postcard entitled gun-fire at retreat.
Designed by McKim, Mead, and White in 1894 and completed in 1898, Cullum Memorial Hall was built with funds donated by General George W. Cullum. Situated on the eastern edge of the Plain, the building was not furnished and dedicated until June...
Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872, USMA 1808 -- Monuments. ; -- United States Military Academy -- Buildings.; --United States Military Academy -- Gymnasium.
Unveiled in June 1883, originally placed in front of the gymnasium, later moved to Plain in front of Superintendent's residence. Quarters of the Professor of Natural and Philosophical Sciences is visible right rear.
United States Military Academy -- Views. ; Dade, Francis Langhorne, d1793?-1835 -- Monuments.
The Dade Monument memorialized Major Francis Dade and his troops who were massacred by the Seminole Indians in 1835. One of the earliest memorials at the Academy, this monument was originally located on the plain. Sailboats on the Hudson River are...
United States Military Academy -- Buildings. ; West Point Hotel (West Point, N.Y.) ; United States Military Academy-- Views.
The old West Point Hotel, built in 1829, stood at the north end of the Plain (now known as Trophy Point). The main hotel building was demolished in the early 1930's after the Hotel Thayer had been built.
