Camp Sale, Virginia National Guard encampment 1911
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2018-08-14
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Culpeper County Library
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"Encampment of National Guard companies from all over Virginia in the summer of 1911. It was called Camp Sale in honor of Gen. W.W. Sale, Adjt. General of Virginia, at the time. The camp was located between, what is now the Old Fredericksburg Road and the Orange Road Rt. 15. Camp opened July 23rd. Ran for some weeks. The Governor of Virginia, Hon. Wm. H. Mann, visited the camp on Tuesday, August 8, 1911. A luncheon in his honor was held in the mess hall, among the guests were: H.C. Burrows, Mayor of Culpeper and Archie L. Goodloe, President of the Business Men's Association" -- note with photograph.
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Photograph of the National Guard encampment, Camp Sale, located between what is now the old Fredericksburg road and the Orange Road RT. 15 in 1911.
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Culpeper, VA, Virginia National Guard, Sale, W. W., General, Mann, Wm. H., Governor, Burrows, H. C., Mayor, Goodloe, Archie, Camp Sale, Culpeper, VA
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(no author). (1911). Camp Sale, Virginia National Guard encampment. Russell Guinn Collection (1MCH55). Museum of Culpeper History, Culpeper, VA