FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                        RELEASE NO. 78-09

WEST POINT YARD SALE – Sept. 18, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The West Point community will hold its annual fall yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Shoppers from neighboring communities are welcome to visit the yard sale throughout the designated housing areas on post.  While visitors are welcome, only military residents will be permitted to offer items for sale.

Attendees should enter through Thayer or Stony Lonesome gates.  Proper identification will be required upon entering academy grounds and all vehicles are subject to search.

Visitors are reminded that all housing areas enforce a 15 mph speed limit--please drive safely.

In the event of inclement weather, contact the Visitors Center at (845) 938-2638.  A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24.

About West Point
Ranked the “Top College in the Country” by Forbes and “Top Public Liberal Arts College” by US News & World Report, the U.S. Military Academy is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering.  Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.  For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.

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