He had already secured an appointment to teach at the United States Military Academy at West Point starting in August ... of the American Revolutionary War. His mother was an Army officer and ...

Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point ... Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840. He saw his first action in the U.S. war against the Seminole Indians in Florida.

Watch live as Joe Biden delivers the commencement speech at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York ... of Allied forces in the Second World War and threats to democracy today.