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MMA's "Gearing Rifles" Drill Team

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Title

MMA's "Gearing Rifles" Drill Team

Subject

Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock

Description

Photograph of the Massanutten MIlitary Academy (MMA) "Gearing Rifles" Drill Team.

This drill team was named in honor of Edward Gearing, a graduate of MMA who was a highly decorated World War II hero.

One of the cadets in front is holding a banner flag that reads, "Gearing's Rifles".

The cadets are posed on the lawn in front of Lantz Hall with the low stone wall and Main Street/Route 11 behind them.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

028248

Original Format

Film Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “MMA's "Gearing Rifles" Drill Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/71560.

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