VA-I1A Virginia Military Institute

Marker text: VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE

A state military, engineering and arts college, founded in 1839. Graduates of it have taken a prominent part in every war since the Mexican War, 2,000 of them serving in the World War. The cadets fought as a corps at New Market in 1864. Among the members of the faculty were Stonewall Jackson and the noted scientists, Matthew F. Maury and John M. Brooke.

Virginia Conservation Commission 1939

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Location: US 11 Business (northbound), marker is located on the VMI campus., Lexington, Virginia

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