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Article: A chapel for cadets.(TRAVEL 2)
- Article from:
- The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2007
- Author:
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There is something magical about the United States Military Academy at West Point--it is almost like fantasy.
Following the cadets and the families that occupy this hilly campus, the landscape is clean, neat and well kept, with beautiful grounds and ivy-clad buildings. You bet it's picturesque, even Old World charm in the New World--and all in that famous West Point cold grey. It's worth a visit.
This is the United States Military Academy, full of heroes and graduates. Yes, there is Jewish participation and an interesting history. Indeed, it is a true story, sometimes offered up as a joke, that one-half of the first ...