 During its 126-year history, through
the administrations of 13 superintendents, the Kentucky Military Institute
enrolled and educated approximately 12,000 young men and boy cadets. About
200 of this number were from foreign countries, the United States possessions
and territories. Most of their voices have been long-silenced. Those who
confronted and upheld in conscious pursuit or suffered the causes of freedom
and honor at the risk of life; those who were determined to defend or to
fight for some national purpose in peace or war, and those who persevered
to hold steadfast the tenets of faith, loyalty and truth, with no mental
reservation or purpose of evasion have left their scars on a misty epitaph
for the ages. With the passage of time, present generations witnessed not
their deeds, their accomplishments, their flaws and weaknesses. But should
the echoes of their past become muted without reflection, all memorable
contributions and personal benefactions are ash... and only their spirit
remains.
James D. Stephens
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