February, 2002; Page 2
February, 2002; Page 2
FOUNDERS
DAY CELEBRATION SCHEDULED
MARCH
2, 2001 AT MACDILL AFB
The
West Point Society is the alumni association for West Point graduates.
The Florida West Coast Chapter has invited us to this year’s
Founder’s Day celebration at Madill AFB on March 2,2002.
The
cash bar begins at 6 PM, with the dinner following at 7:30 PM.
The Guest speaker is Ed Ruggero, Class of 1980, and the author of Duty
First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders.
The Price is $38.50 per person.
Menu choices are a steak or chicken dish.
Please RSVP to Bob and Krista Manley at (813) 948-6160
Checks
for the dinner should be mailed to Karen House, 2803 Morrison Ave., Tampa
33629.
WEB
SITE FOR WEST POINT
PARENTS CLUB OF GULF COAST OF
FLORIDA
Our Club now has a web site that is hosted by the West-Point.org site. It can be accessed at www.west-point.org/parent/wppc-gulf-coast/ or at the Parents Club link at the west-point.org site. Currently the site has information about our Club, upcoming Club events, important West Point dates, and a Club roster, past Club newsletters, photos, and links to other West Point web sites. If you any suggestions for the web site, or have any digital photos you would like to see posted on the site, please contact Dick Hull via email at wppchull@aol.com or by phone at 727-526-3090. If you are an avid “net surfer” or otherwise hungry for West Point information, we suggest that you frequently access the USMA.edu and West-Point.org sites that are linked to our Club web site.
KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR
Soldiers Magazine plans to publish a cover story feature on USMA in the March 2002 edition.
Forbes Magazine and American Heritage magazine will publish a special West Point Supplement in August 2002. The Forbes segment will be part of their annual “500 Best” edition.
PARENTS CLUBS
GOALS:
1.
To
provide a means of communication between the Academy and cadet parents.
2.
To
offer opportunities for fellowship and mutual support among parents whose
sons and daughters are under going a rugged academic, physical, and
military training program.
3.
To
inform the local area about the United States Military academy.
4.
To
promote interest in attending the Academy.
Although
parents clubs are a relatively new tradition, the oldest one is the WPPC
of Michigan.
They celebrated 40 years this past year.
Our own club is about ten years old.
USMA BICENTENNIAL STAMP
March
16, 2002
the U.S. Postal Service will release the commemorative USMA Bicentennial
stamp on the academy’s Founder’s Day.
The
USMA Bicentennial Stamp Subcommittee has been active for ten years.
These volunteers have focused their efforts on applying to the
Postmaster General for a West Point Stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of USMA.
Recently, the Postmaster General announced its decision to issue a
stamp to commemorate each service academy every fifty years.
FUN AND MISCHIEF AT WEST POINT
One
evening a Yearling antagonized two Cows and ended up tied up in a duffel
bag on the elevator.
He rode the elevator up and down for about 20 minutes until someone
released him.