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KTSNAKE... You are doing great. The history you give is really interesting, and I am enjoying it. Here is a bit of history you may find informative. I will have follow ups each day I look on here. I will be out for the next couple of days at South Padre, which is a huge reunion for Sigma Nus from across the nation. I hope to see some of you there. We will be flying a Sigma Nu flag, with Southwest Texas State University embroidered under the letters. About 20 or 30 of the brothers from HT will be there.
The Song
The White Star of Sigma Nu, our official song, was written by Jack T. Nelson in 1920.
The Tree
Dedicated to Brother Ora Baldinger, the White Oak was adopted as the official tree of Sigma Nu in 1985.
Shrines
Shrines are places or things consecrated with sacred character because of their place in history or their associations in life. The following are shrines erected in honor of Sigma Nu and those whose lives were instrumental in building the Fraternity:
1. Headquarters Shrine – Located on the highest hill in the corporate limits of Lexington, Virginia, it overlooks VMI, Sigma Nu’s birthplace. The Headquarters Shrine is often referred to as “The Rock.” It receives more visitors annually than all other fraternity headquarters combined. It is Sigma Nu’s home and it belongs to all who wear the five-armed Badge.
2. Our Founding – In 1935 a granite boulder taken from the nearby Maury River, with bronze plaque depicting the three Founders at the Rock, was placed by the General Fraternity on the edge of the VMI parade ground sixty-five yards from the original site of limestone saucer-shaped outcropping where the Legion of Honor was founded on a starlit Sunday night in October 1868.
3. Graves of Our Founders
§ James Frank Hopkins was buried at Mablevale, Cemetery; Mablevale, Arkansas
§ Greenfield Quarles was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery; Helena, Arkansas
§ James McIlvaine Riley was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery; St. Louis, Missouri
All of the Founders graves are marked by special headstones commemorating their important role in forming the Legion of Honor.
4. Grave of the First Editor of The Delta – John Alexander Howard was buried at the Oakland Cemetery; Tallahassee, Florida, is marked with a special headstone in lasting tribute of creating what has long been recognized as the best fraternity magazine in the business.
KTSNAKE, congrats on your chapter's Chartering. I know it will be a great day for you and yours, but also for the General Fraternity. Welcome aboard, and represent the White Star with dignity.
LHT since 1869,
HT605
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