The Great Road Encampment 2016

[PFMcFarland]

For the sixth year running, The Great Road Encampment came to Elliston, VA for two days of displays, and demonstrations of the way life was in the late 1700’s along what would eventually become US-11.

I used two cameras, a Nikon N5005 with AF 35-80mm 1:4-5.6D, and a Zorki-6 with Industar-26M. Kodak films in both, Ektar 100 in the Nikon, and T-Max 100 in the Zorki.

The Camp (A ten image stitch)

The Great Road Encampment by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Learning to march

Militia Drill by P F McFarland, on Flickr



The Traveling Blacksmith

Pounding Out A Tool by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Humiliation in the stocks

Sponge Toss by P F McFarland, on Flickr



Rapt listener

Music For The Young by P F McFarland, on Flickr

See all 31 photos with narrative at https://flic.kr/s/aHskEC6gK1

PF

[Julio1fer]

Nice documentary, PF. It is great to keep history alive in this way, and it also seems it was great fun for children of every age!

[jamesmck]

Nice, Phil. I like the pano, and also this one:

[Brazile]

Looks like a mighty warm day to be working a forge. Credit to the smith.

Robert

[PFMcFarland]

Thanks, all. It may have been hot working the forge, Robert, but he only did it when someone came around to listen. Most of the time he was just hanging out under the shade of his tent, which I could have used. I was there for three hours, and it was in the nineties the whole time, but with a breeze.

PF