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Historic Lexington Parade Videorecording
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0397
Scope and Contents
The video starts with men in uniform entering Main Street, single file. It is believed that this is the Virginia Military Institute civilian band. (Following World War II, the civilian band was replaced by a cadet band.) In the opening sequence, Trinity United Methodist Church is visible in the background. The parade footage begins with a band (presumably the VMI civilian band), then a group of similarly attired men without instruments, followed by a series of vehicles. There are two fire...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1930
Milton J. Elliott, IV Collection
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0388
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a videorecording made by digitizing an original 8 mm film, which is owned by Milton J. Elliott, III, who was a student at W&L during the 1956 Mock Convention. The video is in color and is silent. The footage of the 1956 Mock Convention runs about 8 minutes and is primarily of the parade. Sections of the video showing the convention floor and platform are brief and quite dark. There is also footage of a group of students picknicking at Goshen (about 3 minutes)....
Dates:
1950 - 1956
Postcard of Parade on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0060
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a postcard of a parade on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia. The photo is credited to Mr. W. L. Hess, Jr. and was printed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1916