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The Changing Face of theAcademy CampusFrom little more than an idea in the mind of Dr. WilliamHatcher, the campus of Fork Union Military Academyhas grown to more than 1,000 acres and dozens ofbuildings.1898Dr. William Hatcher eyes a patch of woods and suggests to afriend, “Wouldn’t that beautiful oak grove be a splendid place fora school?”Dr. Hatcher’s Fork Union Academy opens that same fall in amodest wood frame house in the village of Fork Union, therooms rented for $5 a month.Snead Hall was the first Academy building, started in1900 and completed in 1902. Originally called AcademyHall it was renamed in honor of Charles Goodall Snead.The Armory was built between 1902 and 1905 and was amulti-purpose building with classrooms and drill space.1900Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Snead, two of the Academy’s OriginalGuarantors, donate six acres of land to the school, and constructionof Academy Hall, later renamed Snead Hall, begins. Theconstruction was carried out slowly, as money was available. Theinterior of the building was not completed until 1902.1902An additional eleven acres of land is donated by Mr. and Mrs.W. P. Snead, and construction begins on the Armory, which iscompleted in 1905.1912The Academy’s first president, Dr. William Hatcher, dies August24, 1912. His son, Dr. Eldridge B. Hatcher is selected to succeedhim as the school’s second president.1914Col. Clayton E. Crosland is named the Academy’s thirdpresident.1916Hatcher Hall begins construction.24 Call to Quarters
Seen here in this photo from the 1910 Skirmisher, Snead Hall (at left) and the Armory werelocated on the outside edges of the current Fraley Circle, near the current Middle SchoolGym and Snead Hall barracks, respectively.Hatcher Hall, shown hereunder construction in a 1916photograph, was designed byPresident Crosland to be thepicture postcard image of theAcademy. It was completedover several years as moneywas available.The photo at right is one of thefew showing the location of theAcademy’s original three buildings inrelation to each other. This campusconfiguration was short-lived, asSnead Hall and the Armory weredestroyed by fire in January of 1923.www.forkunion.com 25
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Page 22 and 23: Welcome!Current Coast Guard Academy
Page 26 and 27: 1917Col. Nathaniel J. Perkins is na
Page 28 and 29: This 1927 photograph shows the view
Page 30 and 31: The familiar layout of the Fork Uni
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Page 46 and 47: The Hatcher Rifles, seen here in195
Page 48 and 49: RememberingRetanby Dan Thompson“A
Page 50 and 51: George Owen Retanentered FUMA in 19
Page 52 and 53: D-Day: The Normandy InvasionAs the
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Page 56 and 57: FUMA RemembersGeorge Retan was not
Page 58 and 59: Shuford andThe ChiefA story of duty
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Page 68 and 69: In Memory ofCoachJim HazlettJanuary
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veteran who served in the Pacificdu
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Coordinator and served his countryi
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Class of 1980Melvin Turpin, an All-
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FUMA RemembersWe have also been adv
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Union Military Academy for threeyea
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Wish ListFrom time to time the facu
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