primtechsmith Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Location: Lexington Virginia "Brown's Forge Living History Museum" 130 S. Randolph Street. Time: 10am-3pm Date: April 21st Demonstrator: Jack Chaffee runs the place and will be showing us everything from the flat belt run machine shop to telling us stories on the forge(has been running since the mid 1850's and shod horses for Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson). Jack is also going to light the forge and play around some. He said he will do some forge welding. Lunch: Bring Your Own, or find a greasy spoon. There are several places to eat there. Reminders: Please consider bringing something for Iron In The Hat! Parking: There is a parking lot beside the building, so there is pleanty of parking for everyone. Hope to see ya'll there! Peyton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Wow! Both General Lee and General Jackson had their horses shod at this smithy? Very immpressive history for a forge to have. A historical tidbit- I know that General Lee's horse which he rode throughout the war for southern independence was named "Traveler", a beautiful white steed depicted in many paintings from that time. A bit of trivia- Does anyone know what the name of General Jackson's horse was? I do not know the answer. Dan:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Original name of jacksons horse was fancy. It was renamed little sorrel (it was a short horse). Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primtechsmith Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Looks like the weather is going to be perfect: 72 degrees and sunny. ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME BY AND SPEND THE DAY!!! I hope to see some of you there! Directions are on our website under NEWS: Blacksmith Guild of Viriginia - Home email me if you have any questions: president@blacksmithguildofva.com Peyton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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