On March 16, 1802, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

{The Academy was established in 1802.} McDonald: West Point is located about 50 miles north of New York City. It's in the Hudson Highlands. It's called West Point because it's located on the ...

In 2022, West Point announced it would remove all of its Confederacy tributes and a plaque depicting a Ku Klux Klan figure. Founded in 1802 on the banks of the Hudson River in Orange County ...