Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state-sponsored and state-supported military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the United States.- Type: School
- Description: state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, USA
- Also known as: “ensavadur vilourel Virginia”, “Institut militaire de virginie”, “VMI”, “Ваенны інстытут Віргініі”, “Военный институт Вирджинии”, “ヴァージニア軍事学校”, “バージニア州立軍事学校”, “バージニア軍事大学”, “バージニア軍事学校”, “バージニア軍学校”, and “バージニア陸軍専門学校”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Gray–Minor Stadium and Cameron Hall.
Gray–Minor Stadium
Stadium
Gray–Minor Stadium is a 1,400-seat facility home… Gray–Minor Stadium is situated 1,100 feet north of Virginia Military Institute.
Cameron Hall
Stadium
Cameron Hall is a 5,029–seat multi-purpose arena in Lexington, Virginia. Cameron Hall is situated 970 feet southeast of Virginia Military Institute.
Lee Chapel
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lexington and Mechanicsville.
Mechanicsville
Locality
Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. Mechanicsville is situated 6 miles south of Virginia Military Institute.
Buena Vista
Town
Virginia Military Institute
- Categories: military academy, military school, public educational institution of the United States, and education
- Location: Lexington, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.78955° or 37° 47′ 22″ north
Longitude
-79.43971° or 79° 26′ 23″ west
Elevation
1,050 feet (320 metres)
Open location code
8792QHQ6+R4
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Virginia Military Institute” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معهد فرجينيا العسكري”
- Armenian: “Վիրջինիայի ռազմական ինստիտուտ”
- Asturian: “Institutu Militar de Virxinia”
- Belarusian: “Ваенны інстытут Вірджыніі”
- Belarusian: “Вайсковы інстытут Вірджыніі”
- Breton: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Catalan: “Institut Militar de Virgínia”
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞軍事學校”
- Chinese: “维吉尼亚军事学院”
- Czech: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Dutch: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Esperanto: “Virginia Armea Instituto”
- French: “Institut militaire de Virginie”
- Georgian: “ვირჯინიის სამხედრო ინსტიტუტი”
- German: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Greek: “Στρατιωτικό Ινστιτούτο της Βιρτζίνια”
- Hebrew: “המכון הצבאי וירג’יניה”
- Hungarian: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Japanese: “バージニア士官学校”
- Korean: “미국 버지니아 종합군사학원”
- Korean: “버지니아 군사 학교”
- Marathi: “व्हर्जिनिया मिलिटरी इन्स्टिट्यूट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Norwegian: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Persian: “مؤسسه نظامی ویرجینیا”
- Polish: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Russian: “Военный институт Виргинии”
- Slovenian: “Vojaški inštitut Virginije”
- Spanish: “Instituto militar de Virginia”
- Swedish: “Virginia Military Institute”
- Tatar: “Вирҗиния хәрби институты”
- Ukrainian: “Військовий інститут Вірджинії”
- Urdu: “ورجینیا ملٹری انسٹی ٹیوٹ”
- Welsh: “Sefydliad Milwrol Virginia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: East Lexington and West Lexington.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Smith Hall and Moody Hall.
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