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George Patton and his daughter participated in the 1932 "Society Circus." I have attached some pages from the program.

Many years ago a girl friend and I shared our first horseback experience riding in Rock Creek Park. I was sore for days!
You can still do this:
https://rockcreekhorsecenter.com/

This hunt club was located on the edge of the city near Embassy Row and on P Street between Dupont Circle and Georgetown.

Prior to WW2 Washington was a small southern city. FL Ave was basically the city limits with rural land beyond. Many gov workers and army officers had estates nearby and took a short commute to work. Across the Potomac River, Arlington was very rural. Generals Patton and Marshall rode horses togethe...

On the bottom left corner the label is marked with the date 1-83.

A Japanese copy of a British saddle...who would have thought?
I gave the info to the owners and they now have a saddle for sale!

https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/japan ... dle-106607

Yesterday I was asked to identify this saddle. It looks european military but there are no markings that I could find.

Attached are pictures of a Traveling Forge on display in the Chickamauga Battlefield visitor's center:

Confederate brand on display at the National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA:

The National Cemetery in Chattanooga has an impressive memorial to the Andrew's Raiders who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase of the General by the Texas. The Ohio sponsored monument is surrounded by tombstones to the executed raiders. Surprisingly, both locomotives have survived and are on...

Detail of painting in Lookout Mountain visitor's center showing Maj Gen Joe Hooker on his white horse and his chief of artillery Major John Reynolds.

I was in Chattanooga this past weekend. Monday I briefly toured the surrounding battlefields. I have attached pictures of Union Cavalry monuments in the Chickamauga Battlefield.

The book "War Horse, Mounting the Cavalry with America's Finest Horses" by Phil Livingston and Ed Roberts has pedigrees of Remount bred Stallions and Mares.

The attached pages show a proper saddle pack prior to WWII.
"Tactics and Techniques of Cavalry, Basic" 2nd edition , produced for the Cavalry Journal by The National Service Publishing Company, Wash, DC 1931
This non governmental publication is an excellent resource.

An interesting discussion of the roots of the distinctive WWI camo in French Cubist art:

https://gizmodo.com/why-no-one-used-cam ... 1640792670

The Allegheny Arsenal in Pittsburgh made a large variety of items for the army in the Civil War. The Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall has on display a box containing the standard for Artillery buckles.
https://soldiersandsailorshall.org/

"The Armies of Industry" about the supply of equipment to the AEF in WWI has some interesting statistics about saddle production and the design of the Springfield Rifle bolt handle: title page.jpg why Springfield 04 rifle has a bent bolt handle-1.jpg why Springfield 04 rifle has a bent bol...

an explanation of "the line of draft" as it relates to draft horse hitches:

http://www.craftinamerica.org/shorts/2502/

more:
http://www.craftinamerica.org/shorts/a- ... -last-day/