http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "West Point in the Making of America Resources"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=831<p>This website looks at the lives of selected West Point graduates who attended the Academy between 1802 and 1918. Students will also learn about the U.S. Army's major functions in 19th and early 20th century America: building the nation's infrastructure of roads, bridges, canals, and railroads; exploring its territories from the Mississippi to the Pacific; and fighting its wars-the role of the West Pointers in engineering, exploration, and war.</p>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:29:15 GMT