| 词条 | L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument |
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|name= L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument |body= United States Military Academy |image= |caption= L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, Central Area, West Point |commemorates= |use_dates= |coordinates= {{coord|41|23|28.12|N|73|57|25.89|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |nearest_town= Highland Falls, NY |designer= |inscription= |established= |unveiled= 1919 |total= |unknowns= |commemorated= French Cadets who died in defense of France and brotherhood in arms with the cadets of West Point |by_country= United States of America |by_war= |source= }}L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument is a statue and monument located at the United States Military Academy. It is a replica of a statue at École Polytechnique that commemorates the cadets of that French school who died in defense of France in 1814. In 1919, in the wake of Franco-American cooperation in the First World War, an association of alumni of the École Polytechnique presented a full-size casting of the statue to West Point as a symbol of brotherhood between the two nations and schools.[1] First year cadets (plebes) are required to know the four "mistakes on the French Monument": the curved saber but straight scabbard; the flag blowing one direction, the coat tails the other; button unbuttoned, and the cannonballs too large for bore of the cannon.[2] The monument was once located on the edge of the Plain, but has now been moved inside the cadet Central Area and is off limits to non-academy personnel. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Tour of West Point (Slide 9 of 14)|publisher=USMA.edu|url=http://www.usma.edu/tour/CadetMonument.asp|accessdate=January 2, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104064155/http://www.usma.edu/Tour/CadetMonument.asp|archivedate=January 4, 2010|df=}} {{USMA}}{{New York}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Hulse|first=Glenn|title=Bugle Notes 1994|publisher=Jostens Publishing|location=State College, PA|year=1994|pages=171, 254–255}} 3 : United States Military Academy|Monuments and memorials in New York (state)|1919 sculptures |
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