Today, the chapter’s train maintenance crew reassembled the chapter barrel train and readied it for use at next week’s Dog Mart. It has a fresh coat of paint and new wheels for the passenger cars. The steam boiler was fired up today and the locomotive runs smoothly. That might appear like a John Deere farm implement paint scheme but these are the colors of the Izaak Walton League. Come to the Dog Mart on September 25th, 2021 at 9:30 am and bring the kids and they can experience a ride on the chapter barrel train driven by one of our seasoned engineers.
The Fredericksburg Dog Mart Noon Pageant
At noon during the Fredericksburg Dog Mart event, there is a ceremonial pageant commeorating the history of the barter exchange between the English settlers, who had hunting dogs, and the indigenous people who had furs. This was the historical basis of todays modern...
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