Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7454 Buildings and Grounds: Memorial Hall; Buildings for Religious Worship
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 753 — UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY › § 7454
Summary
Memorial Hall holds items honoring deceased officers and graduates; nothing may be placed there unless two‑thirds of the Academic Board approve by a recorded ayes‑and‑nays vote. Secretary of the Army may authorize religious buildings on the West Point Military Reservation if no interference and without expense to the United States; builders must remove or relocate them at their expense, without compensation, when the Secretary finds public or military necessity.
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Title 10, §7454
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(a)The memorial hall at the Academy is a repository for statues, busts, mural tablets, portraits of distinguished and deceased officers and graduates of the Academy, paintings of battle scenes, trophies of war, and other objects that may tend to elevate the military profession. No object may be placed in this hall without the approval of two-thirds of the members of the Academic Board of the Academy by a recorded vote taken by ayes and nays.
(b)The Secretary of the Army may authorize any denomination, sect, or religious body to erect a building for religious worship on the West Point Military Reservation, if its erection will not interfere with the use of the reservation for military purposes and will be without expense to the United States. Such a building shall be removed, or its location changed, without compensation for it and without other expense to the United States, by the denomination, sect, or religious body that erected it, whenever in the opinion of the Secretary public or military necessity so requires.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4354(a)4354(b)10:1125.10:1126.
July 23, 1892, ch. 237, § 6, 27 Stat. 263.
July 8, 1898, ch. 636, 30 Stat. 722. In subsection (a), the words “and to prevent the introduction of unworthy subjects into this hall” and “entire” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), the words “in his discretion” and “Government of” are omitted as surplusage. The words “United States” are substituted for the word “Government”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4354 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7454
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102