W&L HISTORY

President Smith offers advice to freshmen concerning the three pillar ideals of Washington and Lee and the four greatest student foes to avoid.

President Huntley delivered his first commencement address the day after Senator Kennedy was assassinated. In his speech, his emphasizes the importance of remembering history and of the “good mind.”

An address offered by celebrated author, Douglas S. Freeman, on the impact Washington College had on Robert E. Lee to commemorate Founder’s Day.

Two letters describe General Lee’s time with family in Lexington, Virginia after the Civil War.

An account of the new Lee Memorial School of Journalism in the 1925 Alumni Magazine.

Featured in the 1924 Ring-tum Phi, President Smith delivers an address stressing the importance of character and honor at Washington and Lee.

A letter printed in the 1928 W&L Alumni Magazine details a young boy’s recollected encounters with General Lee.

News of Benedict Arnold’s success in Canada reaches Washington while Congress authorizes the establishment of the Continental Marines.

The 1921 Ring-tum Phi recounts a moving service held in Lee Chapel to commemorate Armistice Day.

In a letter to the Washington and Lee University Southern Collegian, William Preston Johnston laments the post-war state of the South. He stresses the importance of alumni patronage and urges Washington and Lee alumni to devote their resources to aid the school.

Col. Arnold and Gen. Schuyler led Continental soldiers in Canada while Washington digs in at Boston for the winter.

The 1925 W&L Alumni Magazine describes Lee Chapel’s popularity.

As Washington waits out the British in the Siege of Boston, he authorizes more troops to join Col. Benedict Arnold’s invasion of Canada.

In his diary, Washington details his visits to and the work of his plantations.

Washington recounts the Siege of Yorktown and Lord Cornwallis’s subsequent surrender in October 1781.

In his diary, General Washington describes his Native American allies and the capturing of a spying French force.

Detailed is the life at Mount Vernon and General Washington’s desire to return to simplicity after the Revolutionary War.

An account of Porte Crayon’s visit to the Natural Bridge in Virginia.

Former university president challenges law professor’s censure of Honor System

An aged alumnus looks back at the stern yet kindly leadership of President Robert E. Lee

Washington and Lee trustees thank General GWC Lee for his exceptional charity towards the university

Letters from a former First Lady speak highly on one of W&L’s greatest leaders.

An endearing letter from President Roosevelt commends the educational legacy of Robert E. Lee.

This century-old pamphlet fundraised for the “enlarging opportunities of the future” while celebrating the patriotism and religion of university history.