The Snapshots in Time Collection

Cadet Dress Parade in Reverse Arms Formation, American Military Academy or College Campus, Early 20th Century

Cadet Dress Parade in Reverse Arms Formation, American Military Academy or College Campus, Early 20th Century

This photograph captures a formal cadet dress parade at an American military academy or college campus in the early 20th century. Long ranks of uniformed cadets stand in ceremonial reverse-arms formation before ivy-covered Gothic buildings, watched by spectators in period dress. Preserved in the Jervey family's Signal Corps military album, the image reflects the pageantry and discipline of American military education in the decades before World War I. Project: 218291