Wednesday, August 24, 2011
What other Linton Hall Military School Alumni wrote
Other former Linton Hall cadets have written about their experiences:
Augustus Cho has written two books about Linton Hall Military School. The most recent covers his first year at Linton Hall during the 1968-1969 academic year.
Another blog about Linton Hall Military School has been started by an alumnus who calls himself "LHMS Cadet." (Despite the similarity in our pen names, we are two different people.) This alumnus has previously posted lengthy, detailed, and extremely perceptive comments on my blog.
In his own, excellent blog he describes "Growing up at Linton Hall Military School: the good, the bad, and the ugly" just as I remember it, and has also written extremely interesting details about two significant events at Linton Hall that I was not aware of until reading about them on his blog.
A recent blog post deals witht he ways in which cadets (children) were punished, and the author wisely notes how "They would stay on you until they either broke your spirit and if they could not do that, they found a way to expel you from school."
Although his blog is no longer online, some posts may be found in archive.org if you search for lhmscadet.wordpress.com/
"A day in the life of PFC Charles Carreon, nine years old" is an autobiographical account of just one day at Linton Hall, from Reveille to Taps, when "In the darkness Charles would have liked a piece of bread, some bit of luxury to comfort him, but he always forgot to bring his own contraband." Written in 1982, it is no longer online but may be fund on archive.org if you search for american-buddha.com/day.in.life.htm
You tube video of Linton Hall
This is a 360-degree view of the front of the school and convent.
Linton Hall Military School photos
These were taken on 7/7/07 by the same person who took the video:
http://www.wincingdevil.com/LintonHall/
http://www.wincingdevil.com/LintonHall/
Linton Hall Military School alumni on Facebook
You are invited to share memories with me and others by sending a
friend request to "Linton Hall Cadet" on Facebook.
Two more websites
Opinions and memories from former cadets of Linton Hall: Linton Hall Linton Hall Military School
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Copyright 2011 "Linton Hall Cadet"
Please respect copyright by linking to this post instead of just copying and pasting. Thanks!
This blog is NOT affiliated with Linton Hall Military School. The opinions contained are those of the author.
I must be the exception to the rule about positve comments on this school. I had a cadet officer who bullied cadets mercilessly and was even physically abusing them by beating them with his fists and the like. I complained to school officials who did nothing and my parents came and raised hell about it and removed me from the school. It was a minor scandal at the time and changes were made and the cadet officer was disclipined. He had been bullying and beating other cadets as well. This would have been in the late 1950's or very early 1960's. I subsequently attended Leonard Hall Military Academy in Leonardtown Md. Enjoyed it but my parents had to take me out after the first year as their finances took a reversal due to my Father's health issues. He was in the Army for 30 years and later told me he would not have tolerated such behavior by any NCO when he was a Master Sgt.
ReplyDeleteI didn't fantasize about running away, I fantasized about demolishing the place to the ground. One of the worst experiences of my life.
I can recall plenty of horror stories. One I'll never forget was during dinner. A cadet was sick and didn't want to eat. Sister Jude made him eat and the cadet threw up in his dinner tray. Sister Jude got mad and pushed his face down into the tray, into his vomit and said "you eat that". Joseph Reed, who was head corpsman of the medical corps got up and ran down to the infirmary and got sister Joan who was the school nurse at the time. She came to the dining hall and had a talk with sister Jude out in the hallway.
DeleteThank you for your comments, George. If it was possible for Leonard Hall to be enjoyable, why couldn't those in charge of Linton Hall have done the same?
ReplyDeleteMy brother Michael and I ( Bobby ) went there in April 1964 thru August 1965. I made platoon sergeant. We have soooo many memories of that place. Our sister just happened to be in the convent that ran the school. She was a nun. I remember most all of the nuns nams. They taught school and on Saturday nights the Ramseys came from town to show us a movie. Bill Facquier was an exceptional man who worked there and lived across the street. He is deceased now. Every May was Military Day when we paraded for officers. I will come back and visit this post soon again.
ReplyDeleteBobby, thanks for posting! You were there a couple of years before I was, so I would love to know how your experience was similar/different than mine.
ReplyDeleteRichard Leddel “Tim” Seward moved with his family to Washington DC when he was age 7. He’s our dad, born in McGill, Nevada 7 January 1926.
ReplyDeleteHe was a page in the US Senate for Senator Key Pittman of Nevada (Pittman’s adopted state because he’s originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi) (Pittman was also a hands-on miner and in on the Alaska Klondike gold rush).
At age 12, 75th Congress, he’s depicted in a photograph in a 1938 issue of Life magazine sleeping during a senator's speech. Zzz ��
Our dad attended Linton Hall School, a military school at that time, in Bristow, Virginia, and West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland. Those were times for Linton Hall one could be justly proud; our dad returned to Linton Hall for one last visit before he died. — Gwynne Seward (his firstborn)