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The Armstrongs - Border Reivers or Seagoing Pirates?

1/11/2013

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The Armstrong clan may have been famous "Border Reivers", but what about The Armstrong Pirates?  They do exist, but they don't sail the seven seas, plundering treasure to invest in a nice little pension fund.  These "Pirates" are the athletics teams of Armstrong Atlantic State University, named in memory of George F. Armstrong.

George F. Armstrong was descended from an Armstrong line that settled in Providence R.I. about 1750.  He was a successful businessman in the shipping industry, who owned Armstrong House in Savannah Georgia.  In 1935 his widow & daughter gave their former home to the city, to found the Armstrong Junior College that grew into Armstrong Atlantic State University.


Association Members can read a brief history of this learned institution in ​Issue 77 of the Armstrong News.

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