Bethel Military Academy
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]
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
- John L. McLaurin, U.S. Representative
- Theodore G. Croft, U.S. Representative
- Frank Owens Smith, U.S. Representative
- David D. Terry, U.S. Representative
- Howard W. Smith, U.S. Representative
- Leon Lydecker Freeman, local mayor and former owner of the Freeman House Store
Further reading
- The History of Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Virginia by Peter Bartow Smith University of Virginia M.A. dissertation 1945.[5]
References
- https://fauquierlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Index-Bethel-Military-Academy.pdf
- "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.
- Brenner, Kate (January 25, 2014). "Warrenton". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
- "Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from Virginia, schools and academies....DRAFT..." www.relicman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Smith, Peter Bartow (1945). The History of Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Virginia. University of Virginia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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