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Carson Long Military Academy - Lapel Pin - NEW OLD STOCK - SEE ALL PHOTOSCarson Long InstituteMilitary Academy Lapel Pin
Pin Reads: Carson Long Military Academy 1836 to 1914 - How to Learn, How to Labor, How to Live - Incorporated 1920
I have a few original Pins given to the cadets and could also be purchased from their student store at the Carson Long Military Academy which closed in 2018 after 182 years. I obtained the pins and other memorabilia in personfrom their liquidation sale that was performed at the Military School located in New Bloomfield, PA. I took photos of the pin both front and back, along with the measurements beside a ruler.If you have any questions, please let me know. I do ship the same or very next day depending on when payment was made.
Height of Pin:6/8" Inch Tall
Width of Pin:1" Inch
Manufacturer:Unknown but read China on outer clear packet believe it or not.
School history from Wikipedia:
Carson Long Military Academy was founded as Bloomfield Academy in 1836 by Robert Finley in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania as a Latin Grammar school with only six students. In 1840 the school was moved two blocks up the hill to its present location; the first building was constructed the same year and is still in use as a reception hall and museum. In 1842 the trustees decided to make the Academy a coeducational boarding school and for a short period of time in the early 1850s, the school was purchased and operated by the Perry County Commissioners. During the second half of the 19th century, the Latin Grammar Academy added a Normal School, which was a training school for teachers. In 1914 the school was purchased by Theodore K. Long, a graduate of Bloomfield Academy and Yale who became a prominent Chicago lawyer and city councilman. In 1914 he renamed the school Carson Long Institute as a living memorial to his son, William Carson Long, who died in a logging accident at an early age. It had been a nonprofit corporation since 1920 and governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees.
Carson Long Military Academy was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1929 and was a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, the National Association of Independent Schools and the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.
After 182 years the campus permanently closed in 2018.
