Some of the most notable alumni from West Point are Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhower, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, and George Patton.
Henry Ossian Flipper. American soldier, engineer and former slave and in 1877, the first African American to graduate from West Point. What an amazing fellow to have done this at a time when it was even harder to fight for equal treatment.
Musings from Hawaii: Thanks for adding the details. I remember reading about him when I was a kid. I can’t imagine what he went through to accomplish that.
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One of the presidents of the Philippines actually graduated from West Point as well! Fidel Ramos:)
I wondered who this was.
Henry Ossian Flipper. American soldier, engineer and former slave and in 1877, the first African American to graduate from West Point. What an amazing fellow to have done this at a time when it was even harder to fight for equal treatment.
Musings from Hawaii: Thanks for adding the details. I remember reading about him when I was a kid. I can’t imagine what he went through to accomplish that.
Some awesome graduates have come out of West Point. I would have loved to go to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.