The Southern Military Institute is a proposed all-male military academy. It has been proposed in response to the 1997 Supreme Court decision allowing women into the government-funded Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and The Citadel. The proponents wish to create an environment similar to that of VMI in the 19th century. The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled it a neoconfederate group. Its head is Michael Guthrie, a former member of the League of the South who has promoted the school at a convention of the Council of Conservative Citizens. A military academy is a military educational institution. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States. ... The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, enrolls almost 2,000 cadets and 1,700 civilian graduate and undergraduate students. ... The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American non-profit legal, educational, and intelligence-gathering group for the purposes of advocacy for civil rights and against racism. ... The Neo-Confederate movement is a political and cultural movement based in the U.S. Southern states that is characterized by celebration of the history of the Confederate States of America (CSA) and support for the CSAs aims. ... A young girl waves the Confederacys third national flag after the conclusion of a League demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama, fall of 2004. ... The Council of Conservative Citizens (abbreviated CCC or CofCC) is an controversial American paleoconservative political organization that many also hold to be racist. ...

It was once planned to be built in Shelbyville, Tennessee, but the proponents were not able to purchase the property. Subsequently the group sought to purchase an old school in Winchester, Tennessee, but that effort was ended July, 2005.[1] As of 2005 no property has been acquired for the campus, though fundraising continues. Shelbyville is a city located in Bedford County, Tennessee. ... Winchester is a city located in Franklin County, Tennessee 6. ...

External links

• Official website
• http://www.evervigilant.net/adams/adams121504.html
• http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/04/12/16/adams.htm
• http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/neo-confederates.htm
• http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=462
• http://www.suntimes.com/output/education/cst-nws-south09.html
• http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33793
• Proposed school in Winchester raises questions WKRN TV-News
• "Enlisting In The American (Confederate) Army" by Ed Sebesta