LEXINGTON, Va., May 18 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news release:
LEXINGTON, Va., May 18, 2026-The sun shone brilliantly May 17 as Virginia Military Institute held its commencement ceremony in Cameron Hall and conferred degrees on the Class of 2026. The ceremony was livestreamed for family and friends who could not attend the event in person.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first female cadets graduating from the Institute in 2001. Appropriately, the commencement speaker was Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who herself graduated in 2001 from the University of Virginia, and is the first female governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Regimental Band played "Pomp and Circumstance" as nearly 260 cadets marche...