BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Lexington -- Virginia Military Institute campus

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1. VMI_971104_001.JPG: Lexington; "Virginia Mourning Her Dead"
2. VMI_971104_002.JPG: Lexington; "Virginia Mourning Her Dead"
3. VMI_971104_003.JPG: Lexington; Stonewall's Horse
4. VMI_971104_004.JPG: Lexington; Cadet Charge at New Market
5. VMI_971104_005.JPG: Lexington; Cadet Charge at New Market
6. VMI_971104_006.JPG: Lexington; Cadet Charge at New Market; closer
7. VMI_971104_007.JPG: Lexington; Cadet Charge at New Market; fatality
8. VMI_971104_008.JPG: Lexington; Barracks
9. VMI_971104_009.JPG: Lexington; Washington Statue
10. VMI_971104_010.JPG: Lexington; Barracks and Jackson statue
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Wikipedia Description: Virginia Military Institute
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The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles, and unlike any other state military college in the country, all students at VMI are military cadets pursuing undergraduate degrees. VMI offers cadets a spartan, physically demanding environment combined with strict military discipline. VMI cadets pursue bachelor's degrees in 14 disciplines in the fields of engineering, science, and the liberal arts.

Although VMI has been called the "West Point of the South", it differs from the federal service academies. For example, while all VMI cadets must participate in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), they have the flexibility to accept a commission in any of the four U.S. military branches or to pursue civilian endeavors upon graduation.

VMI's Mission Statement:

It is the mission of the Virginia Military Institute to produce educated and honorable men and women, prepared for the varied work of civil life, imbued with love of learning, confident in the functions and attitudes of leadership, possessing a high sense of public service, advocates of the American Democracy and free enterprise system, and ready as citizen-soldiers to defend their country in time of national peril.

History:

Early history:

On November 11, 1839, the Virginia Military Institute was founded on the site of the Lexington state arsenal, and the first Cadets relieved personnel on duty. Under Major General Francis Henney Smith, superintendent, and Colonel Claudius Crozet, president of the Board of Visitors, the Corps was imbued with the discipline and the spirit for which it is famous. The first cadet to march a sentinel post was Private John Strange in 1839. Since Strange's posting nearly 200 years ago, there have been sentinels posted at VMI 24 hours a day, seven days a week, during the schoo ...More...
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