West Point graduation - General Horace Porter, Member of Board for Visitors, addressing cadets; William H. Taft, seated.
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Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Caption card tracings: BI; Pres. I.; Universities and Colleges West Point 1907-1913; Shelf. Taft, William Howard, Pres. U.S., 1857-1930; Porter, Horace, 1837-1921. Sources checked: Web; MUMS.
The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles north of New York City. The Academy traces its roots to 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson directed that plans be set in motion to establish the United States Military Academy. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments.