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no_hypocrisy

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1. W&L could return to the preceding name of Washington.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 10, 2021, 05:38 AM

May 2021

From 1813 to 1870, the institution was known as Washington College. The Trustees changed the name in 1870 upon the death of Robert E. Lee, partly to memorialize his service to the college and partly to drawn more applicants.

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W&L could return to the preceding name of Washington. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #1