He also protested the playing of “Dixie” and the raising of the Confederate flag during the annual ceremony honoring 10 VMI cadets killed in fighting at the Battle of New Market on May 15 ...

Its foundation holds the remains of several VMI cadets killed at the Battle of New Market, Va ... year roommate tried to hang a Confederate flag in her dorm room, she immediately stopped her ...

So far, he’s found more than 1,000 living descendants whom VMI has invited to attend the 150th re-enactment of the battle at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park the weekend of May 16-18.

Keith Gibson, the Executive Director of the VMI Museums System says of the parade. A parade to mark the 1864 Battle of New Market, and the keydets who died there, who are called out in the roll call.

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, photo, VMI cadets carry the flag-draped coffin of former Secretary of the Army John Marsh Jr. outside New Market Battlefield State Historical Park during his funeral ...