Centennial of the 1918 Armistice
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:44 am
Over the weekend one of my favorite venues down in College Station hosted a World War I Centennial memorial and reenactment. In addition to the museum's French 75, Nash Quad artillery tractor, and probably the best-restored operable FT-17 light tank in the western hemisphere, the Museum of the American GI allowed the use of their small-scale trench network as the site of a brief set-piece show battle.
The battle ended at 11:00 with the ringing of bells. After which, unplanned, the belligerents emerged from their trenches to meet in no-man's-land.
Considering we had lousy weather, competing events across the state, a marginal reenactor turnout atop the usual vagaries of century-old military equipment it went off without a hitch.
I attended as a photographer in period civil attire. Depending on interest I may throw up some of the better pictures. But for now I'll leave it with these three. The first two are mine. The third was shot by a local photographer taking pictures from the Allied side.
The Imperials
The Doughboys
The Aftermath (not my picture)
The battle ended at 11:00 with the ringing of bells. After which, unplanned, the belligerents emerged from their trenches to meet in no-man's-land.
Considering we had lousy weather, competing events across the state, a marginal reenactor turnout atop the usual vagaries of century-old military equipment it went off without a hitch.
I attended as a photographer in period civil attire. Depending on interest I may throw up some of the better pictures. But for now I'll leave it with these three. The first two are mine. The third was shot by a local photographer taking pictures from the Allied side.
The Imperials
The Doughboys
The Aftermath (not my picture)