History Salvaged Pens
West Point- History Salvaged Pen-Twist Ballpoint
- Item Number
- 150
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 75 USD to MrsTrump
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
This West Point Witness Wood® has a special place in the heart of every cadet who walked the hallowed halls at West Point as it comes from c. 1940-2013 Mess Hall tables.
In 2013 while working on a more extensive project through Superintendent Huntoon’s office, the USMA provided History Salvaged with several Mess Hall tables that were broken and being replaced. As other projects took precedence, these Mess
Hall tables sat in in storage until we decided to create a series of USMA Pens made from this historic Witness Wood® for release in the fall of 2019.
Many of the mysteries of West Point customs are nurtured in Mess Hall tradition.
As a plebe sits at attention while he eats, his eyes may not wander farther than the perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food.
Any discussion of the customs and traditions of West Point is a discussion of the Academy itself. In the long life of the Corps, certain unwritten habits of conduct have developed, and many stories of former escapades have been handed down.
Many of the customs are in the form of restrictions placed upon the "plebes." The traditions and restrictions in the mess hall are many and if you ask any USMA graduate they will tell you, the traditions, some silly, some painful, helped mold the person they were to become!
The greatest tradition that West Point has or can ever have, is the "long grey line" of cadets who have gone before and all have spent countless hours in the Mess Hall. For more than a century and a quarter West Point has been equipping the country's military leaders. It is with pride for the past and ambition for the future that the Corps boasts of the real tradition symbolized by the motto: DUTY—HONOR--COUNTRY.
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