July 4, 1802, the fifth day of June (Saigon), the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.



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United States Military Academy (The United States Military Academy at West Point), often referred to as West Point. West Point is the first military school in the United States, located in West Point, New York (Hudson River in the West Bank), about 80 miles from New York City. The school covers an area of ​​10,006 thousand acres (about 6 thousand five hundred acres). the
will receive a Bachelor of Science students graduated from the military school, after graduating from the rank of Army ensign. Graduates must reservists serving at least five years and three years in the army. Military Academy (lsjt.net)
the football team's history has always been known as the "Black Knights of the Hudson" (The Black Knights of the Hudson), but now has been abbreviated to "Black Knight" (Black Knights). U.S. media is sometimes known as the West Point football team, "the Army (Army), this name has become the official title. the
West Point motto "Duty, Honor, Country", the school is one of the America's oldest military academy. It worked with the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Russia's Frunze Military Academy and the French Saint-Cyr military academy and said the world "four Military Academy". the
comments: "duty, honor, country", a brief six-word motto, become a man by the West Point military guidelines.