BGuthrie Photos: VA -- FONZ Autumn Conservation Festival (2004) @ Conservaton Research Center (CRC) -- Cavalry Reenactment

VA -- FONZ Autumn Conservation Festival (2004) @ Conservaton Research Center (CRC) -- Cavalry Reenactment:

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1. CFCAV_041003_027.JPG: These walls were built by German POW's during World War II
2. CFCAV_041003_257.JPG: The tall gravestones are for cavalry (the heart, brain, and liver are buried here) and canine graves.
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Description of Subject Matter: During the open house, a number of Civil War cavalry reenactors come out to the CRC to show how cavalry operated during the Civil War. They do some charges and formations, shoot some guns (with blanks), and let people pet their horses.

From http://www.hrw.com/science/si-science/biology/animals/conservation/vp/vp_hist/vp_hist.html:

The U.S. Army obtained options on forty-two one-hundred acre farms in the vicinity of Front Royal in 1909. At that time, 10 years before the onset of World War One, the Army had embarked on a program to establish four major "remount depots" to supply horses and mules for military operations. The farms, together with intervening acreage, were later purchased, and by 1911 the Government owned a tract of 4200 acres. There was little forest remaining on the land in those days, but there was a bountiful supply of pasture and spring water. The Army planned on developing a large facility for the breeding and training of horses and mules for the U.S. Cavalry.

Construction of permanent buildings commenced in 1912 and continued until 1916 when the majority of the Ayleshire Quartermaster Remount Depot was completed. The Army grouped the buildings together to form a central "Post." Eleven barn and stable complexes were constructed in outlying areas next to large pastures. To contain the horses and mules, several hundred miles of split rail fences were constructed using local chestnut. Lanes were built to provide access to all parts of the Center. A fenced corridor communicated directly with the railhead in Front Royal, where large numbers of animals were delivered to freight cars for overseas duty during the First and Second World Wars.

In its heyday, five blacksmith forges were busy daily, and staff of 400 civilian and military personnel carried on the business of breeding and training horses and mules. Mules and horses were also used for local transportation, and pulled mechanical mowers to mow the pastures. A complete veteri ...More...
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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