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“THEY WEAR WEST POINT JACKETS” and “They call it HOLY NAME” The uniform the cadets wear is a maroon West Point Jacket, white trousers, and an ostrich plumed cover. It is symbolic of the uniform worn by the cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. West Point is the oldest active Fort of the United States hailing back to the days of the revolution. Those were the days of fife and drums. The birth of the United States Military Academy, the beginning of “the Long Gray L… Continue