Download or read book Bicentennial History of West Point Hardin County KY written by Richard Arthur Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book West Point written by Theodore J. Crackel and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2002-03-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grant. Pershing. Eisenhower. Schwartzkopf. The United States Military Academy has shaped America's senior military leaders from the sons-and now daughters-of farmers and shopkeepers, laborers and bankers. Now celebrating its two hundredth anniversary, West Point and its legacy continue to support and reflect the nation it serves. Authored by Theodore Crackel, one of the nation's premier authorities on the academy, West Point: A Bicentennial History celebrates one of America's most prominent establishments. A revision and refinement of the author's earlier Illustrated History of West Point, published more than ten years ago, it provides the most accurate and comprehensive history yet available on the academy. It features new research and new perspectives in every chapter, adds a decade of coverage, and has garnered the West Point Bicentennial Committee's official seal of approval. Crackel tells how the institution was created to embody the vision of Thomas Jefferson and expands our knowledge of the additional contributions of the Adams administration to its founding. He reveals how the academy developed to meet the needs of American expansion by integrating civil engineering into its early curriculum, then tells how cadets experienced growing sectional tensions as the nation headed toward civil war. Along the way, he explains how the familiar physical presence of West Point evolved, offering new insights on decisions to adopt its classic Tudor-gothic architecture. In its chronological account of West Point's history, the book traces a number of themes: cadet and faculty life, institutional governance, curriculum development, physical expansion, growing diversity among the cadet corps, and the tensions between the school's superintendents and its academic board, who often had competing visions for the academy and its future. In following the lives of cadets and officers, Crackel also offers a fresh look at the treatment of black cadets in the nineteenth century and a new analysis of their experience in the twentieth, as well as a look at the place of women in the corps since the graduation of the first female in 1980. To understand West Point is to better understand the country its graduates are sworn to protect and defend. This bicentennial history honors that institution as no other book does and shows how it has endowed the select of America's youth with dedication to its motto: duty, honor, country.
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Download or read book West Point written by Agostino Von Hassell and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2002-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate West Point's bicentennial, the author's have produced a photographic record of Academy life. Founded in 1802 by order of President Thomas Jefferson, the academy has seen much change through its history, one aspect being the introduction of women.
Download or read book Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time written by Augusta Blanche Berard and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illustrated History of West Point written by Theodore J. Crackel and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Spirited and Haunting History of West Point Ky written by Clara J. Toles and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities written by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio written by Darrel E. Bigham and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois—on paper an ideal site for a metropolis—emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all mattered greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. Bigham's intimate knowledge of the area offers a true sense of the towns and villages and discloses fundamental truths about the workings of the American dream.
Download or read book History of West Point and Its Military Importance During the American Revolution written by Edward Carlisle Boynton and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL Action Taken By Congress And Increase Of The Number Of CaDets.--Urgent Recommendations In Favor Of The Institution By President Madison.--Reorganization Of The Institution In 1812, By Which It Became A Branch Of The Army.--ReducTion Of The Latter, And Recommendation Of The President To Enlarge The Academy.--Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of The Institution.--Unanimity Of Boards Of Investigating Committees On The Subject.--Progress Of The Institution, And The Difficulties It Encountered--Changes Among The TeachErs.--Organization Under The Law Of 1812.--Resignation Of Colonel Williams; Colonel Swift His Successor.--IntroducTion Of The Inspector.--Rules With Respect To The Promotion Of Cadets.--Appointment Of A Board Of Visitors.--Uniform Of The Cadets.--Report Of The Chief-engineer. The Message before mentioned was referred to Messrs. Nicholas, of Virginia, Tronp, of Georgia, Desha, of Kentucky, Uphara, of Massachusetts, and Milner, of Pennsylvania. The names of some of these gentlemen are identified with republican principles, and they will not be suspected of having lost sight of or disregarded the strict requirements of the Constitution. This Committee reported a bill on the 12th of April, 1808, which added one hundred and fifty-six members to the corps of cadets, and which passed in the House by a vote of 95 to 16. Under the succeeding administration, the welfare and interests of the Institution were repeatedly recommended to the favorable consideration of Congress by the Executive. In his annual communication, dated 5th December, 1810, Mr. Madison maintains its usefulness with great earnestness and power, and combats successfully a popular impression, that such establishments were only suited to nations whose policy...
Download or read book History of West Point and Its Military Importance During the American Revolution And the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy written by Edward C. Boynton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of West Point, and Its Military Importance During the American Revolution: And the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy This History of West Point is designed to supply a want which all interested in the antecedents of the Post, or in the origin and progress of the United States Military Academy, have long desired to see supplied. Emanating from the Custodian of the records of the Academy, who has been an instructor for many years in the Institution, and for many years in one of our prominent literary Colleges, the statements put forth are believed to be correct, and the comparisons instituted cannot be regarded as purely speculative. If errors are found to exist, it is hoped, nevertheless, that a nucleus of truth has been established, which invites amendment and improvement. No claim to literary merit or originality is asserted. The labors of Ruttenber on the "Obstructions of the Hudson," and of Sargeant on the "Life of Andre," have been freely used, with the consent of the authors or publishers. To these may be added extracts from the North American and Quarterly Reviews; and the whole, having been subjected to revision by competent authorities at the Academy, is, with their approbation, respectfully submitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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