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Panel Likely to Order That West Point Pull Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
A panel is expected to hand the final death blow to an iconic portrait of former U.S. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has stood in West Point for more than 70 years, Politico reported Friday.
Joint Glee Club Concert
The West Point Cadet Glee Club and the West Point Alumni Glee Club will perform a joint concert in honor of our veterans. The concert will be on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7 PM at the Floris United Methodist Church, 13600 Frying Pan Road, Herndon, VA 20171. General admission is $10 per person or $15 per family.
Tickets can be purchased from the West Point Alumni Glee Club’s web site at https://www.wpalumnigleeclub.org.
CLASS OF 2022 CREST UNVEILING
There is a stark resemblance that is shared between the United States’ de facto motto: Out of many, One and the Class of 2022’s motto: For many, Stand the Few. Just as the motto is seen in Latin on our nation’s Great Seal as E PLURIBUS UNUM, we wished to emulate this alignment with our class being the first ever to present the class motto in Latin: PRO MULTIS PAUCI PRAESIDENT. The bald eagle dutifully, yet courageously grips the beautifully-alliterated class motto flowing in the wind in its beak with arrows and an olive branch in-hand, just as it is shown in our nation’s Great Seal.
West Point Parachute Team Earns 32 Medals At National Collegiate Parachuting Championships
The West Point Parachute Team participated in the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships and skydive training from Dec. 19-Jan. 2 in Elsinore, Calif.
The 29 cadets and staff members completed 827 jumps while training without any malfunctions or serious injuries.
The team competed in individual and team accuracy, two-way relative work, four-way relative work and six-way speed, taking home 32 medals from the championships.