Tennessee Military Institute
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'Tennessee Military Institute, also known as TMI Academy, began as Sweetwater Military College, founded by Presbyterian minister J. Lynn Bachman, and was located just outside Sweetwater
, Tennessee
. It closed in 1988. The buildings were later used by Tennessee Meiji Gakuin, a school intended for high school students from Japan
.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. The population was 5,586 at the 2000 census. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. It closed in 1988. The buildings were later used by Tennessee Meiji Gakuin, a school intended for high school students from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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