{"id":4138,"date":"2007-07-30T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2008-09-16T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T17:48:08","slug":"cavalry-joining-colonel-crowther-weekend-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=4138","title":{"rendered":"Cavalry joining Colonel Crowther weekend of events"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10063_crowther-in-campw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4139\" title=\"10063_crowther-in-campw\" src=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10063_crowther-in-campw-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10063_crowther-in-campw-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10063_crowther-in-campw.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>The Colonel Crowther Foundation is pleased to once again have artist and author Jared Frederick join them for this special weekend. Jared presented his portrait of Colonel James Crowther to the foundation last year. It will be displayed at the Foundation\u2019s headquarters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u201cThe cavalry is coming!\u201d said foundation President Bob Hileman Jr. in announcing an addition to the reenactment units that will be participating in the Colonel Crowther weekend activities to be held at Reservoir Park in Tyrone on August 4 and 5.<br \/>\n\u201cThis completes the picture,\u201d he said in describing the encampment that already has infantry and artillery units committed for the weekend.<br \/>\nColonel James Crowther was a commissioned officer in the Pennsylvania Militia in the Washington Infantry, Tyrone Artillery, and Tyrone Cavalry. As Captain of the Tyrone Cavalry, he led this company in the 90-day service where they were Company D of the 14th Pennsylvania Infantry.<br \/>\nCaptain Crowther and the men of the Tyrone Cavalry returned to military service less than a month after they completed their 90-day service. On September 5, 1861, an item in the Huntingdon Globe, announcing the establishment of Camp Crossman, located three miles from Huntingdon, stated, \u201cThe camp was opened on Wednesday morning (Sept. 4) \u2013 the first company entering the camp was from Tyrone, Captain Crowther\u2019s.\u201d<br \/>\nFoundation President Hileman said, \u201cWe are very happy to have this cavalry unit, representing the Tyrone Cavalry, with us for demonstrations on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2:35 p.m.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Colonel Crowther Foundation is also pleased to once again have artist and author Jared Frederick join them for this special weekend. Jared presented his portrait of Colonel James Crowther to the foundation last year. It will be displayed at the Foundation\u2019s headquarters.<br \/>\n\u201cJared is a very talented artist. We are always delighted to display his work,\u201d said Hileman. \u201cHe has created a sketch, Crowther in Camp, for the event this year and he will be with us at the Foundation\u2019s headquarters in the encampment both Saturday and Sunday to sign copies of the sketch and his books.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are looking forward to a wonderful weekend and hope that many people form Tyrone and surrounding areas will join us at Reservoir Park,\u201d President Hileman said.<br \/>\nThis special weekend of activities will begin with Reveille and the raising of the \u201cFort Sumter Flag\u201d at the main entrance to the park at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colonel Crowther Foundation is pleased to once again have artist and author Jared Frederick join them for this special weekend. Jared presented his portrait of Colonel James Crowther to the foundation last year. It will be displayed at the Foundation\u2019s headquarters. \u201cThe cavalry is coming!\u201d said foundation President Bob Hileman Jr. in announcing an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}