Thayer Monument

{{Short description|Statue of Sylvanus Thayer at Westpoint}}

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|name=Thayer Monument

|body=United States

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|caption= Thayer monument at West Point

|commemorates=Sylvanus Thayer

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|nearest_town= Highland Falls, New York

|designer= Carl Conrads

|inscription= "Colonel Thayer: Father of the Military Academy"

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|unveiled=June 11, 1883

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Thayer Monument is a white granite monument and statue of Sylvanus Thayer at the United States Military Academy, designed by sculptor Carl Conrads and unveiled on June 11, 1883.{{cite news|title=Big Guns at West Point|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/06/12/103435808.pdf|access-date=2009-03-08 | format=PDF | date=June 12, 1883}}{{cite web|title=Thayer Monument, (sculpture)|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&term=IAS+NY000615&index=.NW|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}{{cite web|title=Projects|publisher=Aegis Restauro|url=http://www.aegisrestauro.com/projects.html|access-date=2009-03-08}} Thayer is known as the "Father of the Military Academy" for the profound and lasting impact of his superintendency during the academy's early years. The monument's location has changed over the years. It first occupied the southwest corner of the Plain, but it currently sits at the intersection of Washington and Jefferson roads, adjacent to the Beat Navy tunnel on the northwest corner of the Plain. The memorial is the sight of multiple memorial ceremonies during the year as West Point reunions hold a parade and memorial service at the site. Tradition states that the oldest living graduate of the senior reunion class present will lay a wreath at the statue.

Image:Thayer Monument West Point at Sunset.JPG|Thayer statue at sunset

Image:Thayer Statue in Early Spring, West Point, NY.JPG|Monument in early spring

Image:Old (Pre-1910 Gymnasium) and location of Thayer Monument at West Point.png|Original location in front of the old gymnasium

Image:Thayer Monument in original location, circa 1900, West Point, NY.png|Original location, pre-1910