Narrator: On a scorching Monday in July, over 1,200 cadet candidates arrived at the US Military Academy for reception day. Also known as R-Day, it marks the beginning of their time at West Point.

A West Point cadet briefly tried to raise money online to cover travel and lodging costs for an adult film star to be his date for a formal banquet at the storied academy.

There have been three iterations of the Ku Klux Klan since the end of the Civil War, and the West Point relief is intended to represent the first, which was active between 1865 and 1870.

Like everything at West Point, it’s all organized and planned. According to the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, while the Corps of Cadets is away this win… ...

Cadets at West Point Reception Day in 2023 (West Point Academy/U.S. Army) The United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., will welcome 1,246 cadets Monday as the Class of 2028 begins a ...