Gulf Coast Military Academy - Gulfport, MS
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N 30° 23.098 W 089° 00.994
16R E 306242 N 3363169
Marker describes the nearly 40 year history of the former prep school in Gulfport and later use as an Armed Forces retirement home.
Waymark Code: WMJ12H
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2013
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Inscription.
This preparatory school for boys was founded in 1912. The senior division campus, closed in 1951, is now the site of the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, formerly known as the United States Naval Home. The junior division campus, closed in 1976, was one quarter mile to the east. "Send us the boy and we will return the man."
Date Installed:: 2010
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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