“Hargrave Military Academy is a special place and clearly under God’s guiding hand.”

— Wheeler L. Baker

Baker's comment in a June 21, 2011 press release from Hargrave Military Academy, announcing the June 24, 2011 change-of-command ceremony.
Context: I was honored to be selected as Hargrave’s ninth president and retire with mixed emotions. Hargrave Military Academy is a special place and clearly under God’s guiding hand.

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President of Hargrave Military Academy 1938

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