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 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Tom and Nancy Long
 Picture Courtesy of Tom and Nancy Long
The nation’s first state military college, VMI was founded in 1839 on the concept of the citizen-soldier. The Corps of Cadets fought as a unit in the 1864 Battle of New Market. Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury were among it faculty. George C. Marshall, a 1901 graduate, served as Army Chief of Staff in W. W. II, and later as Secretary of State, devising the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe. He was Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Department of Historic Resources - 2000
US 11 Business (northbound), marker is located on the VMI campus. Lexington City Virginia
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