Tennessee Military Institute, also known as TMI Academy, began as Sweetwater Military College, founded by Presbyterian minister J. Lynn Bachman, and was located just outside Sweetwater, Tennessee. It closed in 1988. The buildings were later used by Tennessee Meiji Gakuin, a school intended for high school students from Japan. Meiji Gakuin University bought the campus for $2.4 million. The Sweet Water Sustainability Institute now has control over the facility.
The school occupied a red brick building, and was in existence for over 100 years. Its alumni became doctors, lawyers, politicians, and soldiers.
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