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Article: WAR COLLEGE CELEBRATES 107TH BIRTHDAY

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December 8, 2008
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The U.S. Army issued the following news release:

By Thomas Zimmerman TRADOC

Army War College students, staff, faculty and guests gathered together to celebrate 107 years of educating strategic leaders Dec. 4 in Bliss Hall, a building named after one of its first presidents, Gen. Tasker H. Bliss.

Established from the principles learned in the Spanish-American War, the college was founded by Secretary of War Elihu Root, and formally established by General Order 155 on Nov. 27, 1901. Washington Barracks - now called Fort McNair - in Washington, D.C., was chosen as the site.

The first students attended the War College in 1904. The College remained at Washington Barracks until 1940, when it was ...

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