GRADUATION--CEREMONIES
From Knob Knowledge
In a number of instances throughout the history of The Citadel, no formal commencement exercises were held:
--1853 (cadet rebellion)
--1858 (college academic year changed)
--1861 (outbreak of war)
--1865-1882 (Citadel closed - occupied by Union troops)
--1883
--1884
--1885
--1939 (polio epidemic)
--1944
(information furnished by Jane Yates)
