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Virginia Military Institute. / 37.790; -79.440. The Virginia Military Institute ( VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other ...
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
The Virginia Military Institute Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) National Historic Landmark District encompassing the historic central core of the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington, Virginia. Developed beginning in 1839, the school grew into the premiere military academy in the Southern United States, providing trained ...
September 9, 1969 [ 1] The Old Barracks is a historic building on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Built in 1848 and repeatedly enlarged and redesigned by a succession of architects, it includes at its core the oldest surviving building of the campus. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in ...
Bishop Military Academy (TX) Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy (IL) Bishop Scott Military Academy (OR) Black-Foxe Military Institute (CA) Blackstone Military Academy (VA) Blakely Military Institute (GA) Blees Military Academy (MO) Bolles School of Florida (FL) Bordentown Military Institute (NJ)
Massanutten Military Academy, named for the nearby mountain, was established by the Virginia Classis of the Reformed Church in 1899. [4] The school opened on September 12, 1899, with 40 students, half of whom were boarders. [5]
The Augusta Military Academy (AMA) was a secondary education military academy in Fort Defiance, Virginia, United States. The school was established in 1865 (159 years ago) ( 1865 ) by Confederate veteran Charles Summerville Roller [ 3 ] as the Augusta Male Academy and formally became a military academy in 1880 (144 years ago) ( 1880 ) .
University Chapel. / 37.78722°N 79.44222°W / 37.78722; -79.44222. University Chapel (formerly Lee Chapel) of Washington and Lee University is a National Historic Landmark in Lexington, Virginia. It was constructed during 1867–68 at the request of Robert E. Lee, who was president of the school (then known as Washington College), and ...