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[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "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. ISBN 9781467121675 – 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.
Categories:
- Educational institutions established in 1867
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1911
- Defunct schools in Virginia
- 1867 establishments in Virginia
- 1911 disestablishments in the United States
- Schools in Fauquier County, Virginia
- Virginia school stubs