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Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the British Empire.
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Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the British Empire. It was fully accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education.
The landed estate of the school embraced 360 acres (1.5 km2). The School was non-sectarian and of high moral tone. There were many illustrious graduates, persons of all major professions, clergy and congressmen.
Trustees of the academy, formerly known as Charlotte Hall School, included Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) Supreme Court Justice, George Plater (1735–1792) Governor of Maryland, James Thomas (1785–1845) Governor of Maryland and Joseph Kent (1779–1837) Governor of Maryland.
The School closed its doors in 1976 because of increasing financial problems. The property is now part of the Charlotte Hall Historic District. It is operated as the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, a program of the Maryland State Department of Veterans Affairs.
•Edward Bates (1793–1869), United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln
•Robert Bowie (1750–1818), Governor of Maryland
•John Buchanan (1772–1844) Chief Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
•León Febres Cordero (1931–2008), President of Ecuador
•Barnes Compton (1830–1896), congressman and Treasurer from Maryland.
•J. Wilmer Cronin (1896–1982), politician and lawyer from Maryland
A black-and-white acetate negative showing cadets in formation before building III at the military academy in Maryland. The photo was taken by Theodor Horydczak, a photographer who documented military education and training in the US.
Charlotte Hall Military Academy, 1916, Box: T1, Folder: 5. Ephemera collection, EPHEM. H. Furlong Baldwin Library. https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/10506 Accessed May 14, 2024.
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Charlotte Hall School was founded in 1774 as the consolidation of the free schools in the four southernmost counties in Maryland. It was continuously active as a military academy from 1796 to 1976. - Survey number: HABS MD-682-A.
