24-25 DECEMBER 1826 EGGNOG EXCESS FUELS RIOTS
Two days after smuggling whiskey onto the premises, a group of cadets at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, hold a late-night party on Christmas Eve 1826. Eventually, their boisterous singing attracts the ire of Captain Ethan Hitchcock, who attempts to reprimand them - to no avail.
During Christmas morning’s roll call, many cadets, visibly
