Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute

 
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Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute
Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute
Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute
Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute

Button, Coat - Arkansas Military Institute

Object number2015.003.01
Date1850-1861
Associated LocationTulip, Arkansas
MediumBrass, Gilding
Dimensions1 in. (2.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionArkansas Military Institute coat button, non-dug. The button face shows Columbia, a female personification of America, holding a staff topped by a liberty cap. The word "Cadet" appears above Columbia within a scroll motif, and the initials "AMI" appear below. Around the periphery of the button is the moto of the AMI: "Our God, Our Country, & Our Honor." The back is convex with the maker's mark "W.H. Horstman" and "Philadelphia."

    The Arkansas Military Institute was chartered by the state legislature in 1850. The school was built on Chapel Ridge in Tulip, Dallas County, Arkansas. Students, referred to as cadets, were required to be over 14 years of age and at least 4 feet and 9 inches in height. Classes included Latin, Greek, surveying, math, military science, chemistry, and engineering. After Arkansas seceded from the United States in May of 1861, the school closed permanently.
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