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Penn State Pershing Rifles, 1938.

Army ROTC cadets on May Day at University Park, 1920.

Army officers on May Day at University Park, 1920.

Penn State cadets stand for review in 1916.

Penn State cadets stand near the Armory and Old Main in 1910.

In 1891, Penn State cadets, 158 strong, camped for one week at Gettysburg, stopping in Harrisburg to parade for the Governor. 

Members of the 1969 Army ROTC Ranger Team gather at Wagner Building again in 2015.

Cadets stand in the Armory in 1894. Built in 1892, the Armory stood on the site that today occupies the Willard Building. As a symbol of the University’s land-grant commitment, it was used for military drill, physical education, and social events.

The 1969 Penn State Army ROTC Ranger Team stands near Wagner Building.

A Student Peace Action Council flyer urges students to vote “Yes” to the question of optional ROTC in class elections. Penn State students regularly protested compulsory ROTC, which was in effect until July 1964.