Historic Photos of West Point

West Point New York home of the United States Military Academy is one of the nations most famous and unique landscapes. Established in 1802 to train engineer officers for the Army West Point has for over two hundred years produced many of the countrys greatest leaders including Ulysses S. Grant Dwight D. Eisenhower George S. Patton and Douglas A. MacArthur. Using nearly two hundred historical photos from the Library of Congress National Archives and collections at the United States Military Academy here is West Point as it was from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. These priceless black-and-white photos highlight cadets in classrooms during military training and on the fields of friendly strife. West Point buildings long demolished are shown as they were when Eisenhower and MacArthur were cadets. Also featured are special occasions such as graduations and visits by presidents celebrities and world leaders. This is West Point as you have never seen it from the early days of photography through world events that thrust the Academys graduates onto the world stage.