HAMPTON INSTITUTE
AND GENERAL WILLIAM JACKSON PALMER
Hampton Institute sits on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. It is a beautiful setting, with a picturesque tidal river forming the western boundary of the campus.
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HAMPTON INSTITUTE Hampton Institute sits on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. It is a beautiful setting, with a picturesque tidal river forming the western boundary of the campus. |
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Typical of traditionally black colleges and universities, Hampton received much of its financial support in the years following the Civil War from former officers and soldiers in the Union Army. One of those Civil War veterans who gave substantial sums to Hampton University was General William Jackson Palmer, a Union cavalry commander from Philadelphia. |
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This building on the Hampton University
campus was named Palmer Hall in honor of the good general's financial
support.
Note the bronze plaque between two windows on the front of Palmer Hall. |
| This is one of a number of bronze plaques
erected to the memory of General Palmer.
In addition to supporting Hampton Institute, General Palmer founded the city of Colorado Springs and built a number of important railroads in the American West. |
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Typical of many colleges and universities throughout the United States, Hampton University has a major building named in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement. |