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Goodbye Linton Hall Military School (my last post?)
If this is not my last post, there will probably be only one or two more.As 2012 draws to a close, I have decided to say goodbye to my blog about Linton Hall Military School. I will check in...
View ArticleLetters from Linton Hall: The first couple of weeks
(I am coming out of my self-imposed retirement to publish a blog post I had written last year and saved in draft form. It covers some of the letters I wrote during the first weeks at Linton Hall...
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LHMS Alumnus Publishes Fiction Book
Although I have been scooped on this one by the other blogger at I want to share the news that a Linton Hall alumnus has just published a fictional book about a Special Operations Unit. "Duty, Honor,...
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Linton Hall alumnus in "GI Joe 2 : Retaliation" movie!
Augustus Cho, a Linton Hall alumnus, appears in the "GI Joe 2 - Retaliation" movie that just came out. Congratulations Augustus!
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New Book About Linton Hall!
In his memoir about his first year at Linton Hall Military School during 1968-1969, Augustus Cho has written more than just his autobiography; this is really a biography of everyone who attended Linton...
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Linton Hall Cemetery Photos
An alumnus has provided me with photos of the cemetery at Linton Hall. The cemetery is located on the LHMS (now Linton Hall School) grounds, if you're walking from the canteen towards the pool, tennis...
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The boy who died at Linton Hall Military School: Eduardo Facha García, 1944-1954
Among the graves at the Linton Hall cemetery, one stands out from the others. It is the grave of Eduardo Facha García, a cadet born in 1944 and who died in 1954 at Linton Hall Military School. I do...
View ArticleMy last days at Linton Hall: School is out!
The best thing about being in the eighth grade was knowing with complete certainty that it would be my last year at Linton Hall Military School.That didn't really sink in at first, since I had a long...
View ArticleRunning away from Linton Hall
I never ran away, because I had nowhere to go. If I had gone home I would have been sent right back, and I had no sympathetic grandma or adult older brother living on his own who would let me stay a...
View ArticleWhy Linton Hall Had to Change
Linton Hall School has undergone radical changes during the time since I was there. As far as I can tell, most of these changes were in response to external factors, rather than the result of a desire...
View ArticleLinton Hall alumni included Nicaraguan president's sons
During the 1962-1963 school year, Luis Somoza, age 12, and his brother Alvaro, age 11, attended Linton Hall Military School. (I do not know whether they attended Linton Hall other years.) They were the...
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Huge new book about Linton Hall Military School just published!
The newest, biggest book about Linton Hall ever has just been published. And you can buy it at cost!This book is huge: 7x10 inches, 208 pages, 51 chapters with over 60,000 words of text, plus lots of...
View ArticleLinton Hall's Precursor, St. Joseph Institute, in 1922 Had Flies, Bedbugs,...
A scathing report by Joseph Tobin, O.S.B. written on August 4, 1922, described extremely filthy conditions at Saint Joseph Institute, the boys' boarding school run by Benedictine priests and brothers...
View ArticleWhy Didn't Linton Hall Help Poor Children Learn a Trade?
That was, after all, the condition under which the Benedictine Order was given 1,736 acres of land by Sister Mary Baptista, V.H.M.. (Note 1)In 1893, Sister Mary Baptista gave the land subject to the...
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Bill Farquhar on Linton Hall History
Bill Farquhar, who was sports coach as well as gym and geography instructor at Linton Hall for several decades, was also somewhat of a history buff. In 1992, he delivered a speech on Linton Hall...
View ArticleLinton Hall's Benedictine Tradition: The Shocking Truth
On the web, Linton Hall School describes itself as "a Catholic school in Benedictine Tradition." So what really is this "Benedictine Tradition?" I doubt that most people really know; and I think it...
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Linton Hall Military School Uniform Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words ... here are some photos of the Linton Hall dress uniform.
View ArticleMaxime "Max" DuCharme, Commandant of Linton Hall Military School, Passes Away
Maxime "Max" L. DuCharme, Jr. who was Linton Hall Military School's fourth and last Commandant, passed away on or about June 11, 2018. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on June 21 at Sunset Hills...
View ArticleSister Mary David, OSB Writes Back
For the past eight years, I've been writing about Linton Hall Military School, which I attended while Sister Mary David was principal. A few years ago, she resumed use of her birth name, and is now...
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Sister Mary David, former LHMS Principal, Dies
Sister Mary David, who for many years was the principal of Linton Hall Military School, has died on May 21, 2023. She was 93 years old.Born Doris Carolyn Nolte on October 27, 1929 in Henrico, Virginia,...
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Linton Hall Photos (part 2) Linton Hall Cemetery
Here are more photos provided by an alumnus. These are of the Linton hall Cemetery, located on the Linton Hall property, north of the pool.
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The Differences Among Linton Hall's Oficers
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." -- Animal Farm by George Orwell, a book we read in English class at Linton Hall.Not all officers were equal. The difference was not just in...
View ArticleCol. Marlin S. Reichley, former Linton Hall Military School Commandant
Linton Hall’s third Commandant was Marlin Sherwood Reichley, who held the position for almost thirty years. Born in Ohio on February 2, 1915, he grew up in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and earned Bachelor,...
View ArticleLinton Hall Alumni Online Video Websites
The following are videos of Linton Hall Military School found on youtube website. Most videos were originally filmed with 8 mm or Super 8 film cameras, and transferred to video. I have included...
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Index to ALL My Blog Posts
It's about time! Back in November 2012 —almost twelve years ago— I posted an index of my blog posts. This updated index contains all my posts since I started blogging in 2010. For new readers, I...
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