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Cadets, Charge Your Glasses for a Toast to Henry O. Flipper

West Point’s entire corps will come together for the academy’s annual dinner in honor of an officer’s unifying values.

The first Black graduate of West Point, Henry O. Flipper, around 1880.
The first Black graduate of West Point, Henry O. Flipper, around 1880. Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection, UCLA Library Digital Collections via Wikimedia Commons.