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Military Academy and College. It is hard to say how much it costs. Not everyone has to live on campus. There are full-time boarders, 5-day boarders, and day students. Exact pricing is difficult because there are constant discounts for grades, family who are/served in
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Division, Library of Congress; Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, 1920) LTG Baker chose the colors for Valley Forge Military Academy because of their immediate visual association with the Continental Army, consistent with
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