Class Of 1915 West Point Stained Glass Window

Starting in 1920, Willet's studio was commissioned to design a commemorative chapel window for every West Point class. It took three generations of the Willet family more than 65 years to complete

The chapel at West Point was built in 1910, but it didn't get its first now-famous stained-glass windows until a few years later, when glass maker William Willet of Philadelphia beat out the

A DVD copy of quotThe Stained Glass Windows at West Pointquot is available for sale online and at the West Point Museum, 2110 New South Post Road, West Point, N.Y. Visit www.westpointwindows.com for

In 1915, Colonel Gustav Fiebeger, Class of 1879, USMA Professor of Civil and Military Engineering, who was representing the Academy in the matter, announced at the AOG's annual meeting that classes could purchase their own stained-glass windows in the Chapel's numerous quotbaysquot along the sides of the nave.

1915 Library Water Fountain 1965 10,000 1916 Library Paintings 1969 16,000 Renault Tank 1976 Cadet Mess-Class of 1944 Stained Glass Windows Maintenance Endowment 1974 41,000 Superintendent's Annual Fund 1984 4,400 Class of 1964 West Point Leadership Center Endowment, The Class of 1964 Semester Abroad Fellowship

An amazing fact is that the Willet Studio charged West Point just 300 for the first window in 1915 and the same amount for each window thereafter, including the final one in 1976. The 172 windows along each side were donated by, or in honor of, the various graduating classes.

This is West Point's Class of 1915, also known as quotThe Class the Stars Fell On.quot Of the 164 graduates, 59 earned at least one star attained the rank of General, the most of any class in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. observe some stained glass windows, and stand in the church area used as

United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook West Point, NY - Class of 1915 Page 1 of 400 Cover. Pages 6 - 7 Pages 10 - 11 Pages 14 - 15 Pages 8 - 9 Pages 12 - 13 Pages 16 - 17 Show Hide text for 1915 volume OCR

History of West Point Class Giving in support of West Point, Cadets and the Long Gray Line. 1915 Library Water Fountain 1965 10,000 1916 Library Paintings 1969 16,000 Renault Tank 1976 Cadet Mess-Class of 1944 Stained Glass Windows Maintenance Endowment 2004 321,000 1945 Adornment of Eisenhower Hall 1980

Then consider West Point. This Website will inspire you and show you how to go forward with the West Point Admissions process. Go Army! What do the stained glass windows in the north wing of the Mess Hall depict? ----- General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold, USMA 1907 General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, USMA 1915 General of the