Views: 196,445 America’s First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy (Dec.1778) was 24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802). One of the greatest untold stories of the American Revolution.The Pluckemin Winter Cantonment, part of the overall Middlebrook Encampment of 1778-1779. One of the lesser-known stories of the American Revolution is the truth about the Pluckemin … Continue reading Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin