2 - Dispatch From the Thin Gray Line

George Washington started this place, a point of land at a strategic bend on the west bank of the Hudson River.  Benedict Arnold tried to give it to the British before they were sent home - taking him with them.

Soon after, it became West Point, a school that Thomas Jefferson hoped would educate the young leaders that a new nation needs.  It always has, and it still does.

We come as visitors, both as fans of our adopted Stanford football team, and my ingrained Army loyalties.  

The two schools have many parallels - beautiful campus, long traditions, high standards and alumni that fill the history books.  

But there are differences best illustrated in the lives their founders - Washington, who spent a lifetime of service protecting America, and Stanford who spent his building California ... and making a profit.  Mr. and Mrs. Stanford are entombed on campus but West Point’s soil holds the blood of a nation.

The “Thin Gray Line” lost to the  “Robber Barons” on the gridiron, but we stood to salute the service of the men and women of the United States Military Academy - who we all hope will never be lost.

- Saluting Stew

Honor Code

"Flirty" where cadets can hold hands