Watland's Wonderings: Day Eight of our Historic East Coast Tour

Monday Sept 22:

Today is another guided motorcoach tour to West Point Military Academy and then on to the Hasbrouck House which was George Washington's Army Head Quarters when he was general of the wars.

This picture is a view of the Westpoint Academy campus. It started in 1802.

This picture is of the Cadet Chapel a outside view it is very very large.

This is our guide giving us the history of the West Point Academy. This the inside of the Cadet Chapel. The length of the Chapel from the entry to the alter is 210 feet. There are stained glass windows located througout. The 192 along each side of the chapel are gifts in honor of every graduating class since 1802. The Memorial Window which is above the main entry. The main entry is directly below the organ in the picture below. The memorial window was installed in 1923 in memory of the granduates that died in the First World War. The windows above the alter display the parables, miracles and teachings of Christ. The flags represent the Battles or wars and they are replicas from 1812 to the 19th century.

This is the pipe organ that is mounted in the ceiling and above the entrance. It was originally purchased in 1911 and has been enlarged over the years. When first installed it contained 2,406 pipes today it has 23,500 pipes the smallest being the size of a stubby pencil and the largest being 32 feet long and over 30 inches in diameter. After the guided tour we had a hour to tour the museum of the history.

Our next stop was at George Washingtons Army Headquarters from 1782 to 1783. This was one of the 124 places George had that he spent time at. This was the most important place he worked from because the British could be observed from this location if they tried to come accross the Hudson River. George spent 16 months here at the end of the British war.