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Gordon College Historical Marker
- Gordon Military College State
Historical Marker
- Located in front of Alumni Hall just east of the
intersection of College Dr. and Gordon Rd., Barnesville, Ga.
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- GORDON MILITARY COLLEGE
Founded as Male and Female Seminary
in 1852, this was a pioneer school of its kind in Georgia. It
was reorganized in 1872 as Gordon Institute, named for General
John B. Gordon, famed Confederate soldier, Governor and Senator,
who was a friend of Charles E. Lambdin, its first president.
In 1927 this school became Gordon Military College, an Honor
Military School, an accredited, non-sectarian, five year preparatory
Junior College. Graduates have won distinction in many fields
of endeavor. Senator Richard B. Russell is numbered among its
prominent alumni.
- 085-7A GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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