MSC 45ACP
Regular Member
I spent the day yesterday at Chancellorsville and Wilderness battlefields. Before entering the "Federal building where National Parks Service (NPS) enployees regularly work", I disarmed, leaving my pistol in the car. I didn't see ANY signage (and I looked pretty hard) around the front entrance to the Visitors Center for the Chancellorsville Battlefield. We arrived about a minute before the movie was to start, so the park rangers told us we could pay the $2 per person fee for the movie afterwards. We watched the movie, paid the fee, then looked at the artifacts in the small museum. I gathered some battlefield literature and even purchased a nice book about "Civil" War Arms and Equipment, even though the title is erroneous. We looked around the area where "Stonewall" Jackson was said to be when he was shot by North Carolinian Reservists resulting in his eventual death.
I noticed a few problems while on the "Civil War Trail" however... Problem # 1 was signage in several locations that stated that weapons of any kind (including firearms) were prohibited in the park. Problem # 2 is a photo (I will attempt to attach) that shows a rifle with a "Ghostbusters" circle crossing out the rifle. It could mean that rifles are illegal or that hunting is illegal. I saw this sign on either McLaws Drive or Furnace Road, not far from a crossroad.
The next illegal sign I saw was a list of park rules for the Wilderness Battlefield at the "Exhibit Shelter" on
Rt 20.
The NPS Visitor Center in Yorktown was fairly quick to fix their signage, but I guess other NPS sites have been a little slow to get rid of their illegal signage or add the ones about weapons in "Federal Buildings".
Are there any VCDL board members in the Fredericksburg area that may be able to communicate with the local NPS folks about their illegal signage?
After leaving the Visitors Center, I OC'd throughout both battlefields. There was absolutely NO shortage of Geico Eyes at the sight of my Kimber. It seemed that no one wanted to share Historical Markers with my daughters and I... Cars from New Jersey and Maryland seemed to either skip the stop where we were reading a roadside sign, or quickly finish their business when we arrived at a sigh they were reading. very odd behavior, I thought. I had a supply of Ed's Cards to share if I had been given the opportunity...
I noticed a few problems while on the "Civil War Trail" however... Problem # 1 was signage in several locations that stated that weapons of any kind (including firearms) were prohibited in the park. Problem # 2 is a photo (I will attempt to attach) that shows a rifle with a "Ghostbusters" circle crossing out the rifle. It could mean that rifles are illegal or that hunting is illegal. I saw this sign on either McLaws Drive or Furnace Road, not far from a crossroad.
The next illegal sign I saw was a list of park rules for the Wilderness Battlefield at the "Exhibit Shelter" on
Rt 20.
The NPS Visitor Center in Yorktown was fairly quick to fix their signage, but I guess other NPS sites have been a little slow to get rid of their illegal signage or add the ones about weapons in "Federal Buildings".
Are there any VCDL board members in the Fredericksburg area that may be able to communicate with the local NPS folks about their illegal signage?
After leaving the Visitors Center, I OC'd throughout both battlefields. There was absolutely NO shortage of Geico Eyes at the sight of my Kimber. It seemed that no one wanted to share Historical Markers with my daughters and I... Cars from New Jersey and Maryland seemed to either skip the stop where we were reading a roadside sign, or quickly finish their business when we arrived at a sigh they were reading. very odd behavior, I thought. I had a supply of Ed's Cards to share if I had been given the opportunity...