The 1826 West Point Egg Nog Riot

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the United States. Their motto of “Duty, Honor, Country” is something for every cadet that attends the academy to aspire to. However, things haven’t always been that way. There was a period when West Point was downright rowdy and rambunctious. Learn more about the 1826 West Point Egg Nog riot and how the military academy completely went out of control one Christmas on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York is one of the most prestigious
0:04.2	academic and military institutions in the United States. Their motto, duty, honor, country
0:10.1	is something that every cadet that attends the academy aspires to. However, things always haven't
0:16.2	been that way. There was a period when West Point was downright, rowdy, and rambunctious.
0:21.6	Learn more about the 1826 West Point Eggnog Riot
0:25.2	and how the Military Academy completely went out of control one Christmas
0:28.9	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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