Every visitor to the Legal Center and School (LCS) must walk past two bronze cannons "guarding" the entrance to the building. These naval weapons have been "members" of our Regiment for more than fifty years, and what follows is a brief historical note on the two cannons and how they came to join our Corps in Charlottesville. The cannons were officially presented to The Judge Advocate General's School (TJAGSA) by Rear Admiral Chester C. Ward, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, in a ceremony on 21 February 1957. Colonel Nathaniel B. Rieger, then serving as Commandant of TJAGSA, accepted the cannons on behalf of the Corps.
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