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Virginia Military Institute--A National Historic Landmark

Virginia Military Institute--A National Historic Landmark is a Virginia historical marker in Lexington County, dedicated 1989.

Letcher Avenue, at entrance to VMI

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VMI is an undergraduate public college founded in 1839 with the mission of preparing citizen-soldiers to serve in both civilian and military capacities. It is the oldest state-supported military college in the nation. Alexander J. Davis designed its first Gothic Revival buildings, which opened in 1851. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury, and scientist John Brooke served on the faculty. Among its alumni are George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff during World War II and Nobel Prize recipient, polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, Civil Rights martyr Jonathan Daniels, 11 Rhodes scholars, and seven Medal of Honor recipients.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1840 · Virginia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846), 1846, covering the location of Virginia Military Institute--A National Historic Landmark, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846), 1846, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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