FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE NO. 12-06

ANNUAL WEST POINT TATTOO – April 20, 2006

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The 26th annual Tattoo will be held at the U.S. Military Academy, Trophy Point Amphitheater, on Sunday, April 30, from noon until 6 p.m.

The Tattoo will feature over 20 pipe and drum bands, the Cadet Pipes and Drums and the West Point Band.

The event is open to the general public. Guests should enter the academy through security checkpoints at Thayer and Stony Lonesome Gates. All adult visitors will be required to show valid photo identification upon entrance to academy grounds.

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