Bethel Military Academy was a school near

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. It operated from 1867 until 1911 and had several prominent alumni. The

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passed a bill in 1901 incorporating the school. The bill included a requirement that one student chosen from each district of Virginia was granted tuition free admission to the school. The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team played against Bethel Academy.

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had a branch at the school for a few years. Buttons worn on a uniform from the school include the Virginia state seal of

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slaying the giant.

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, U.S. Representative * Theodore G. Croft, U.S. Representative *

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(1857–1917), Maryland state delegate *Leon Lydecker Freeman, local mayor and former owner of the Freeman House Store *

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, U.S. Representative *

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, U.S. Representative *

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, U.S. Representative

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