This clipping shows text of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s commencement speech to the Class of 1928.
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A crowd estimated at 15,000 assembles on post in May 1964 to welcome President Lyndon F. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, to the dedication of the Marshall Library. Also present that day were a number of dignitaries; among them was former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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U.S. Army Gen. George C. Marshall, Class of 1901, visits post May 15, 1951. Marshall Arch was named in his honor that day.
Cadets form an honor guard for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Charlottesville, Virginia, July 10, 1976. Accompanying the queen is Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr.
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Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor accompanies her soon-to-be husband, John Warner, on a visit to post in November 1976. Warner, former secretary of the Navy, would go on to a 30-year career in the U.S. Senate.
1983 Former President Gerald R. Ford visits post to kick off the H.B. Johnson Jr., Class of 1926, Distinguished Lecture Series Oct. 5, 1983.
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