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Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the British Empire.
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Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the British Empire. It was fully accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education.
The landed estate of the school embraced 360 acres (1.5 km2). The School was non-sectarian and of high moral tone. There were many illustrious graduates, persons of all major professions, clergy and congressmen.
Trustees of the academy, formerly known as Charlotte Hall School, included Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) Supreme Court Justice, George Plater (1735–1792) Governor of Maryland, James Thomas (1785–1845) Governor of Maryland and Joseph Kent (1779–1837) Governor of Maryland.
The School closed its doors in 1976 because of increasing financial problems. The property is now part of the Charlotte Hall Historic District. It is operated as the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, a program of the Maryland State Department of Veterans Affairs.
•Edward Bates (1793–1869), United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln
•Robert Bowie (1750–1818), Governor of Maryland
•John Buchanan (1772–1844) Chief Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
•León Febres Cordero (1931–2008), President of Ecuador
•Barnes Compton (1830–1896), congressman and Treasurer from Maryland.
•J. Wilmer Cronin (1896–1982), politician and lawyer from Maryland
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Charlotte Hall School became a military academy in 1852, and remained so until 1974 when the school opened its doors to females and the military program became optional. Although Charlotte Hall has remained a relatively small institution, its archives show a varied and interesting history.
At first a military academy, Charlotte Hall was one of the early educational institutions in the United States. Merged from the free schools of St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties in 1774, the all-boys military school operated nearly 200 years.
