West Point, U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy United States Military Academy, at West Point , N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers stationed at West Point should constitute a military academy, but
..... Click the link for more information. . On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guarding the Hudson. Constitution Island, in the river, is also in the reservation. The plan of Benedict Arnold Arnold, Benedict, 1741–1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars . He later became a prosperous trader.
..... Click the link for more information. to surrender (1780) West Point to the British was discovered with the capture of Major John André.

United States Military Academy

known as West Point

Institution for the training of commissioned officers for the U.S. Army. Founded in 1802 at the fort at West Point, N.Y., it is one of the oldest service academies in the world. It was established as an apprentice school for military engineers and was, in effect, the first U.S. school of engineering. It was reorganized in 1812, and in 1866 its educational program was expanded considerably. Women were first admitted in 1976. The four-year course of college-level education and training leads to a bachelor of science degree and a commission as second lieutenant in the Army. West Point has trained such leaders as Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, John Pershing, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Omar Bradley, and George Patton.

west point [′west ′pȯint]

(astronomy)

That point on the celestial sphere that is due west of observer; at this point the celestial equator crosses the horizon.

West Point

U.S. Military Academy focusing on discipline as part of training. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 729]

See : Discipline