Bethel Military Academy

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Bethel Military Academy was a school near Warrenton, Virginia in Fauquier County. [1] [2] It operated from 1867 until 1911 [3] and had several prominent alumni. The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill in 1901 incorporating the school. The bill included a requirement that one student chosen from each district of Virginia was granted tuition free admission to the school. [2]

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The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team played against Bethel Academy. Kappa Sigma Kappa fraternity had a branch at the school for a few years.

Buttons worn on a uniform from the school include the Virginia state seal of Virtus slaying the giant. [4]

Alumni

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 "Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia". Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Purchases and Supply. January 25, 1901 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Brenner, Kate (January 25, 2014). Warrenton. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9781467121675 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from Virginia, schools and academies....DRAFT..." www.relicman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland. Baltimore American. 1914. p. 119. Retrieved 2022-12-08– via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ University of Virginia; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 2023-04-27– via Archive.org.
  7. ↑ University of Virginia; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 2023-04-24– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ "Col. Lucien Douglas Starke, Publisher of Virginian-Pilot, Dies After Brief Illness". Newspapers.com. Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot. 1931-08-01. p.  1,4 . Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  9. ↑ Smith, Peter Bartow (1945). The History of Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Virginia. University of Virginia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.


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