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3 unusual facts about Northwestern Military and Naval Academy


Harlan Page Davidson

In 1915, Northwestern Military Academy that he founded changed its name to Northwestern Military and Naval Academy.

Northwestern Military and Naval Academy

Some scenes in the motion picture Damien: Omen II were filmed at the Geneva Lake campus of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy.

Northwestern Military Academy (founded 1888) was a high school in Linn, Wisconsin which was founded by Harlan Page Davidson.


Davidson-Cadillac armored car

The Davidson-Cadillac armored car of 1915 was developed on a Cadillac chassis by Royal Page Davidson and the cadets of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Highland Park, Illinois.

Davidson-Duryea gun carriage

Royal Page Davidson of the Northwestern Military Academy in Highland Park, Illinois, was doing some experimenting about this time with automobile chassis, modifying them and adding machine guns with armored shielding for protection of the driver.

Ralph H. Spanjer

During his tenure, he oversaw a $5 million renovation, the merger of the Academy with Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and organized a visit by former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.


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Davidson-Cadillac armored car

Davidson and some of his school cadets drove the fully armored vehicle along with seven other support vehicles for 34 days from the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in the Chicago area to the Panama Pacific Exposition being held in San Francisco in 1915.