Newspaper: Commencement Exercises at R.M.A. ca 1890s
Identifier: 2014.2.107
Object titles: Commencement Exercises at R.M.A. ca 1890s
Acquisition and Creation Dates:
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged February 25 2014
RHS Keywords: Schools
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Commencement ceremonies [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh00009998],Rural schools [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85115928]
Object Source Information: RHS Archives,RHS reference
Georeference: [38.671508,-77.9955519]
Description: Newspaper clipping probably from the "Blue Ridge Guide" ca 1898. A crowd of 1000-1200 people attended the commencement exercises at the Academy. A debate on whether the US had a right to interfere in Cuban independence was decided in favor of the team opposed.