The present card represents that odd co-mingling of religious and military that is somewhat unique to the US. The Cadet Chapel at the West Point Military Academy in New York is a non-denominational facility for use by all faiths represented in the student body and faculty of the academy. The present building was completed in 1910, replacing a structure from 1836. The chapel boasts of the largest pipe organ in a chapel in the world, with 23,511 pipes. My card does not have a copyright date but copy on the reverse gives the number of pipes as 18,200 and calls the instrument the 3rd largest organ in the world, and the largest located in a church. The card is by Pendor in NY and is used. It was sent to me by a fellow-collector. Postage was paid with a USMA stamp issued in 2002. My friend lived in NY at that time. The organ was build by Moeller in 1911 and then expanded over the years. This is an interesting article on an event in the life of the instrument.
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