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Ponca Military Academy was a private military boarding school which operated from 1940-1974 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Established in 1940 by the late Colonel William V. Cox and his wife Blanche, Ponca Military Academy stood for 34 years as an institution dedicated to the growth and advancement of young men. Through the sound application of discipline, academics, reverence and athletics the young men developed integrity, character, honor and a moral code.The three buildings that constituted the school were razed in 1983. Beginning in 1988 a PMA Memorial Park was created in conjunction with the Ponca City Parks Department. A miniature of the original academy buildings, plus other historical items adorn the park including the original academy flagpole. In 2006 a trust endowment was created to perpetuate the memory of the academy park in Ponca City. A PMA museum was created on the grounds of the E.W. Marland Mansion in Ponca City in 2008. It contains much information and memorabilia about PMA. In 2009 a new statute of two cadets was dedicated at the park.

http://www.poncamilitaryacademy.com/

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http://www.poncacity.com/news/docs/september/OK_PCN_20090927.pdf