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103 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430 - 15 May, 2024
- 12:30pm - 01:30pm
- (757) 356 - 1223
- Category: Lecture/Educational Program/Workshop
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Sunday, 19 May | Smithfield, VA
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Most people are only familiar with Virginia Military Institute's role at the Battle of New Market, but the Corps of Cadets performed a number of duties throughout the course of the war. This brief lecture explains how VMI came to be a key element of the State's defensive organization and examines the different roles it performed from the war's beginning to its very end.
Our lecturer is Peter Underwood, a Suffolk native, VMI graduate, retired Marine Corps officer, history professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and professor of policy and strategy at the U.S. Naval War College.
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