United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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When in the conpse of hnonan events ' L t becoones necessary fofr one people to dissolve political bands which h ve connected on with another. . . A it 5 I f g fl Ab N' Q' R xg 'i 1778. . . 3 The muted echoes of the first defiant shots fired three years before on the Lexington green stiff inspired the ragged hut courageous American Army to the defense of their dream e of a free nation. It was a long struggle and a difficult one against superior forces. But in this year, the intensive fortification of the area known as West Point, was begun . .

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iiere, deen in the rugged Hudson iiigniands, a fortress against tyranny was huilt . . . Forts Clinton, Montgomery Meigs, Constitution, Webb, Wyliis and Putnam Q . , a headquarters stronghold for Cenerai Was i t impregnahle to attack by land. And to oontroi uitai British movements on the river, a reat Cnain as stretched from West Point to Constitution island.