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Army West Point Athletic Association, the legal entity that administers the military academy’s Division I sports programs, has begun turning over the first batch of what could eventually be thousands of pages of financial and contractual records that it has previously refused to make public.

The academy’s intercollegiate sports arm had long snubbed Freedom of Information Act requests, claiming it is not subject to federal disclosure laws.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – The U.S. Military Academy will open and unveil the contents of a nearly 200-year-old time capsule during a ceremony on August 28 at 10:30 a.m. in Robinson Auditorium at Thayer Hall.

The sealed lead time capsule measuring about one square foot was discovered in the Thaddeus Kosciuszko monument’s base during recent renovations. Academy officials determined the capsule was placed in the base of the Kosciuszko monument 26 years after the academy’s founding by cadets in 1828.

https://www.westpoint.edu/news/press-releases/west-point-discovers-time-capsule-monument-base

Graduates who wish to assist in flooding disaster relief efforts in the Village of Highland Falls can do so by directing their donations to WPAOG’s Hudson Valley Project (HVP) Community Engagement Initiative. The WPAOG HVP Community Engagement Initiative will coordinate with local groups and Village government, as well as relief agencies on site, to ensure graduate donations are directed at prioritized needs (including food, water, and debris removal labor) and are used effectively in support of the community. Give.

As the U.S. Military Academy at West Point returned to normal operations and the clean-up of the storm from July 9 continues, we remain a strong community working together to ensure that all staff, faculty, cadets and family members within the West Point community are safe.

West Point Fire Department and Emergency Services Division have been instrumental with their support.

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