Non incautus futuri
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Non incautus futuri is a motto meaning "Not Unmindful of the Future".<ref name="Meaning"/>
The motto is used on the crest of Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia. It is also the motto of the Lee family,<ref name="Lee"/> along with the name of the Futuri Society at Stratford Hall Plantation in Stratford, Virginia.<ref name="Stratford"/> The phase Ne incautus futuri meaning "Be Not Unmindful of the Future" was adopted as the motto of Hagerstown Business College, located in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1938.
The motto was officially adopted by Leesburg, Virginia in 1998.<ref name="Leesburg1"/><ref name="Leesburg2"/>
The quote on the Lee family crest was "Ne incautus futuri", which holds the same translation.