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THIS MEMORIAL IS TO GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON COMMANDER OF 3RD U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND AN AMERICAN HERO.

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES UNION ARMY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK WHO WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING UNION OFFICER TO DIE IN THE CIVIL WAR.

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER THE "FATHER OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY".

THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

DEDICATED IN HONOR OF COLONEL ELEAZOR WOOD, AN ENGINEER OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE WAR OF 1812.

THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO WAS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND WAS FOUGHT ON MAY 8, 1846.

24 POUND CAST-IRON CANNON MADE DURING THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE III CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES FROM THE ENGLISH DURING THE WAR OF 1812. SEE ALSO-WAR OF 1812 CANNON TROPHY POINT MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

SEE ALSO-WAR OF 1812 CANNON TROPHY POINT MEMORIAL

IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES WHO FELL IN BATTLE DURING THE WAR OF REBELLION. THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE SURVIVING COMRADS.

HISTORY RECORDS HIS EMINENT SERVICES AS A WARRIOR, PACIFICATOR AND GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, MEDALS AND AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE ORDERED BY CONGRESS IN THE CAPITAL OF HIS COUNTRY ARE HIS PUBLIC MONUMENTS. THIS STONE IS A MARK OF THE LOVE AND ...

TO THE MEMORY OF LIEU. COLONEL E.D. WOOD OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHO FELL WHILE LEADING A CHARGE AT THE SORTIE OF FORT ERIE, UPPER CANADA 17TH SEPTEMBER 1814 IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE.

THE COLD WAR (1946-1991 PEACE OPERATION (1991-2000)

DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT WEST POINT GRADUATES SERVED IN EVERY LEADERSHIP POSITION FROM PLATOON LEADER TO THEATER COMMANDER.

THROUGHOUT THE DIFFICULT CONFLICT, HEROISM AND SACRIFICE MARKED THE SERVICE OF AMERICA AND HER ALLIES. THEY FOUGHT WITH THE CONVICTION THAT THEIRS WAS A JUST CAUSE, WORTHY OF THEIR LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION.

WEST POINT GRADUATES SERVED IN THE GULF WAR AT ALL LEVELS FROM PLATOON LEADER TO COALITION COMMANDER.