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Women Who Shaped West Point Tradition Across Generations
The piece profiles West Point historymakers including Captain Molly Corbin the heroine of the Revolution and Susan Warner author of The Wide Wide World who taught cadets on Constitution Island. It also notes Blanche Berard long time postmaster and Louise Regan who for over fifty years handmade cadet chevrons, linking memory of Custer’s era with modern cadets.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Molly
Margaret Corbin
Mollie
Fort Washington
New York
John Corbin
Congress
Hudson
Lberty
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
New York State
Secretary of War
Walter H. Wells
Academy
George Fleming
Arsenal and Ordnance
Gen
Knox
Fleming
Swim
Denniston
Jules
War Office
Swims
Trenniston
Randall
Captain Molly
Susan Warner
New York City
Metropolis
Constitution Island
Hudson River
Anna
Susan
Military Academy
Louise Regan
Anna Warner
West Point Cadets
Elizabeth Wetherell
Englaning
America
George P. Putnam
Blanche Berard
Polk
Berard
Miss Berard
Bérard
Europe
Queen Victoria
England
Grace Aileen Harrington
Henry Moore Harrington
C Troop
Seventh Cavalry
George A. Custer
the Little Big Horn
Custer
Texas
Little Ble Horn
Montana
Jane
Dakota
Harrington
Corps of Cadets
Highland Falls
N. Y
Harris P. Scott
France
Béth
Regan
Yonkers