1. Some catch a snooze while others converse on the bus ride to Lexington. 
2. Commanders compare notes on the pilgrimage to Lexington. 
3. Visitors take smartphone pictures outside the Headquarters Shrine. 
4. College of Chapters participants endure a cold rain to photograph the Rock that sits in front of the Headquarters Shrine. 
5. Visitors photograph a clay rendering of the badge on display in the Headquarters’ foyer, Smith Hall. 
6. Commanders descend stairs leading to the Alpha Room. 
7. Staff member Bill Morosco talks Sigma Nu history with collegians gathered around a scale model of VMI in the Headquarters museum. 
8. A visitor snaps a photo of the original painting of The Quest. 
9. A Commander has his photo taken with his chapter’s burgee in the Alpha Room. 
10. Staff member Drew Logsdon gives a tour of the Founders’ Room, which includes the encyclopedia set Founder Hopkins used as a VMI cadet. 
11. A topographic map in the Hall of Fame gives Headquarters visitors a spatial view of Sigma Nu’s wide geographic reach across the U.S. and Canada. 
12. Visitors explore the Hall of Fame in the South Wing of the Headquarters Shrine. The lectern in the foreground contains a photo and bio for every Hall of Fame inductee. 
13. A College of Chapters participant browses titles by Sigma Nu authors in the Richard Fletcher Honor Memorial Library. 
14. Commanders tour the Hall of Honor in the North Wing of the Headquarters Shrine. 
15. Busloads of Sigma Nus unload at VMI just a few hundred feet from the Legion of Honor’s founding site. 
16. Sigma Nus get a special tour of the VMI museum. 
17. The pilgrimage will be Instagrammed. 
18. Back in Roanoke, Regent-Elect Joe Francis knights the 2013 Alpha Affiliate inductees. 
19. 2012 Man of the Year Wells Ellenberg returns to deliver the evening keynote address. 
20. In the final chapter session, Commanders finalize their goals for the year based on the vision they developed during College of Chapters. 
21. Commanders write their goals on a poster that will be taken back to the chapter home. 
Photos by David Hungate/Dominion Images.
Serve in the Light of Truth 
Looks like a very successful program. Keep up the good works!
King Barnes
Delta Phi 711