Shenandoah Valley Academy

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95

Stock #:1000750
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Winchester
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Winchester (city)
Publisher: Shenandoah Publishing House-Strasburg
Size: 3.5" x 5.25" (9 x 14 cm)

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One of the oldest schools in America, incorporated by the House of Burgesses of Virginia in 1785. Tradition carries the school back to 1764. There have been continuous sessions since incorporation, except during the Civil War. In this picture are school buildings situated in the midst of twenty-two acres, containing athletic fields, tennis courts, cottages for the faculty etc. For sixteen years, the school has been a military academy. It is on the All-Southern List of accredited schools and its graduates go to West Point and Annapolis on certificate.

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