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. . . at the cemetery at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. It is small, meticulously maintained, and extremely exclusive. All plots are reserved for alumni of USMA, and many gravestones bear the name and rank, plus pertinent data (e.g., significant awards/decorations, class #, etc.). There are a few spouses buried alongside their departed husbands (seems like mostly generals) but I don't know the rules for admission, so to speak.
I know of only two tombstones of non-USMA graduates: Earl Blaik and Maggie Dixon. Blaik was the revered long-time football coach and he is honored with a burial plot, over which is an inexcusably tasteless tombstone in brown marble, shaped like a football standing on end.
Given the brevity of Maggie's tenure as the Army wcbb coach, it is a remarkable tribute to her that she be so honored by the Academy. Here is her gravesite:
"SO GOOD - SO YOUNG - SO WISE"
I know of only two tombstones of non-USMA graduates: Earl Blaik and Maggie Dixon. Blaik was the revered long-time football coach and he is honored with a burial plot, over which is an inexcusably tasteless tombstone in brown marble, shaped like a football standing on end.
Given the brevity of Maggie's tenure as the Army wcbb coach, it is a remarkable tribute to her that she be so honored by the Academy. Here is her gravesite:
"SO GOOD - SO YOUNG - SO WISE"