Fort Myer Reserve Officers, Virginia, 1917 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Fort Myer Reserve Officers, Virginia, 1917 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Reserve Officers Training Camp, Fort Myer, Virginia, May, 1917
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Fort Myer Reserve Officers, Virginia, 1917
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Fort Myer, on the Virginia bluffs across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., was a long-established cavalry post by 1917, and that spring the United States entered the First World War. The Army had only a small regular force, so it began turning civilians into officers through reserve training, and Fort Myer became one of the places where men with little or no military background drilled, studied tactics, and learned to command. The post sat beside the Arlington estate lands and the growing cemetery, and its parade ground had already drawn national attention in 1908 and 1909, when Orville Wright trained and flew there for the Army. In 1917 the men gathered here were preparing for a war that would soon send many of them to France, and the post was a point where Washington's military ambitions and the nation's sudden need for officers met.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,051 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Reserve Officers Training Camp, Fort Myer, Virginia, May, 1917 |
| Reference | VA Fort Myer Reserve Officers 1917 |
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