Show columbia lias has old church tiles two tiles taken from the oldest church in the western hemisphere and p resented presented to dr nicholas murray butler president of columbia university as a commemoration of his visit last year to santo domingo now hang in the spanish house at columbia both ceramics are accompanied compa nied by papers certifying that they come from the iglesia de san nicolas which was built in the old city of santo domingo 14 years after columbus arrived in america I 1 fountin founding of west point the united united states military academy at west point was opened or founded b by y virtue of a resolution passed by the continental congress on october 1 1776 calling for the preparation of a plan for a military academy for the army on june 20 1777 orders were given for the organization of a corps which however did not move to west point until 1781 the academy was not formally opened as a school until july jul v 1802 |