Hi All,
Here are some pictures from yesterday and today...
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| New Market Battlefield. The American Civil War for those that aren't American. For us, the war of Northern Aggression. |
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| The picture of the scale model of the battlefield didn't come out, but here's an explanation of the battle. Ten of the VMI cadets died that day or from their wounds soon after. |
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| Every year on May 15 there is a ceremony to honor the cadets that gave their life in this battle. The ceremony features the roll call of the names of the cadets who lost
their lives at New Market, a custom that began in 1887. As the name of
each cadet who died is called, a representative from the same company in
the modern Corps answers, "Died on the Field of Honor, Sir." A 3-volley salute is then carried out by a cadet honor guard, followed by Taps played over the parade ground. |
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| Back on Skyline Drive, the middle third |
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| The single white blaze on the tree marks the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail (A.T.) is almost 2,190 miles long, passes through
14 states, eight different national forests, six national park units
and numerous state parks, forests, and game lands. |
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The AT runs from Georgia to Maine. Notice the double white blaze on the right most tree. Two blazes, one above the other,
signal an obscure turn, route change, incoming side trail, or other situation that
requires you to be especially alert |
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| The beauty and the history go on and on |
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| A wall like this runs along both sides of Skyline Drive for most of the 105 miles. The walls were laid by hand by the CCC. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. |
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| This and all the subsequent pictures were taken at the Edith J Carrier Arboretum at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia |
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| The sun wasn't around much in the afternoon so a lot of the pictures are kinda dark. But I like the way this one turned out. |
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| Notice the butterfly house towards the upper left |
That's it for today.
Take care.
Brian
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