Sitting amidst 78,000 acres of national and state parkland in scenic Rockbridge County, the city of Lexington, Virginia is a historic college town, the home to the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. Visit the landmarked Front Campus of W&L University, a school endowed by George Washington and once presided over by Robert E. Lee, or take a tour of the VMI and learn how in 1864, cadets marched over 80 miles north to lead a victorious charge at the Battle of New Market.