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Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do


We have changed the wording of our Alma Mater to reflect the fact that our Women Graduates have also given their lives serving this Nation.


----- Class of 2012 Motto ----- "For More Than Ourselves" Thank you Class of 2012 for the Honor of Marching with you The Class of 62


The Cadets of West Point

---------- Class of 2008 --------- ----- Class Crest & Motto ----- "No Mission Too Great"

---- Their Commencement ---- "Here am I; Send me."

Thank you Class of 2008 and Please Thank the Men & Women --- the Soldiers you will lead --- The Class of 62.


Motto -- Duty Honor Country


Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First


--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most


Washington's Letter recommending the establishment of the Academy and the History of West Point


The Oaths We Take


West Points Medal of Honor Winners


Jefferson Hall - the Academy's new Library.


Douglas MacArthur


George Patton


The Monuments of West Point


Kosciuszko Monument - Guarding the Hudson ensuring there is no passage of British Man of War


Forts of the Hudson

So we'll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, Oh!


Academic Excellence


---- Colonel Thayer


West Point


Trophy Point


L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets


Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road


Home of the Dean


Cadet Chapel


Michie Stadium


Arvin Gym


Kimsey Athletic Center


Holleder Center


Washington Monument


United States Military Academy Band


Cadet Barracks


Rugby Complex


Great Chain


Plain looking toward Washington Hall


Battle Monument


Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.


Hudson River


Captured Trophies


Battle Monument


West Point Cemetery


Plain


- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views


Trophy Point -- Our Flag


Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s


Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s


Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy


- Army Mule


Color Guard


Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area


Battalion Mass Early 50's


Flirtation Walk



Arvin Gym


Duty Honor Country


Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do


Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

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Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

We have changed the wording of our Alma Mater to reflect the fact that our Women Graduates have also given their lives serving this Nation.

----- Class of 2012 Motto ----- "For More Than Ourselves" Thank you Class of 2012 for the Honor of Marching with you The Class of 62

---------- Class of 2008 --------- ----- Class Crest & Motto ----- "No Mission Too Great"

---- Their Commencement ---- "Here am I; Send me."

Thank you Class of 2008 and Please Thank the Men & Women --- the Soldiers you will lead --- The Class of 62.

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Jefferson Hall - the Academy's new Library.

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Arvin Gym

Duty Honor Country

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

United States Military Academy Band

Barracks

Rugby Complex

Great Chain

Plain looking toward Washington Hall

Battle Monument

Washington Hall with Cadet Chapel on rocks above.

Hudson River

Captured Trophies

Battle Monument

West Point Cemetery

Plain

- Cost to this Nation of Differing Views

Trophy Point -- Our Flag

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Corps of Cadets Formed in Companies early 1960s

Sending the Army Team off to Beat Navy

- Army Mule

Color Guard

Band Box Review Early 1950's in Central Area

Battalion Mass Early 50's

Flirtation Walk

Cadet will not Lie, Cheat, Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do

Motto -- Duty Honor Country

Remember - The Soldiers you will lead Always Come First

Academic Excellence

--They played perhaps Army's Greatest Game. They were the Team that Gave The Most

---- Colonel Thayer

West Point mid 60's

Trophy Point

L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, or The French Monument by Cadets

Superintendent's Quarters viewed from Thayer Road

Cadet Chapel

Michie Stadium

Arvin Gym

Kimsey Athletic Center

Holleder Center

Washington Monument

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George Patton


The Cadets of West Point


Kosciuszko Monument - Guarding the Hudson ensuring there is no passage of British Man of War


Duty Honor Country

The Mission of the United States Military Academy

To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army."

The West Point Motto & Crest

The best source of information on the Academic Board's selection of the USMA motto in 1898 is found in the U.S. Military Academy Staff Records which are available in the USMA Archives. There is very little information on the reason for the selection of the motto and no discussion of why a committee was originally established in 1896 to consider the subject of a so called "Device for the Military Academy."

At an Academic Board Meeting of 31 January 1898 the committee appointed to consider the subject of a "Device for the Military Academy" submitted a report dated 14 January 1898. After amendment, the report was ultimately adopted. This committee, which selected both the Academy's crest and motto, stated that: "The selection of a satisfactory motto includes some of the foregoing, such as significance, propriety, intelligibility, and suitability, as well as dignity, conciseness, and to a certain extent sonorousness and tradition."

Although some discussion of the reason for the selection of the crest is included, the following is the only mention in the Staff Records of the reasoning behind the selection of the words for the motto:

"After much thought and inviting the opinion of many others, the Committee is satisfied that the sentiment expressed by the words: 'Duty, Honor, Country' more clearly and concisely express the genius of the institution than that embodied in any other motto or quotation which has suggested itself or has been suggested by others. It has met the approval of those to whom it has been submitted."

Charles W. Larned, Professor of Drawing, Chairman E.W. Bass, Professor of Mathematics S.E. Tillman, Professor of Chemistry

At the following meeting of the Board on 4 February 1898 it was decided, by a vote of 5 3 with three members absent, that the words for the motto should be arranged as "Duty, Honor, Country." The amended report of the committee was then formally adopted.

At the 31 August 1898 meeting of the Academic Board it was resolved: "that the Academic Board recommend to the Honorable Secretary of War that the design for a Seal and Arms and the Motto submitted and recommended by the Committee of the Academic Board appointed for its consideration and preparation, be adopted as the Seal, Arms, and Motto of the U.S. Military Academy."

That approval was evidently forthcoming because at the 15 December 1898 meeting of the Board the following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved that the sum of one dollar and five cents ($1.05) be allotted from the Contingent Fund of the Military Academy appropriations for the current fiscal year, to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board for the payment of the fee for copyrighting the Arms, Motto, and Seal of the Military Academy, and Descriptive Text of same."

Office of USMA Historian 25 February 1980

Dr. Stephen Grove -- USMA Historian, Office of Policy, Planning and Assessment

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