The
Prattville Dragoons were well represented at the final event planned by
the Autauga County Bicentennial Fair Committee, which was held at the Jones
Community Center in western Autauga County on Friday and Saturday March 9th and 10th. Dragoon
Beir Butler came dressed as an actual dragoon, which means a heavily-armed
cavalryman (has sword, pistol, and rifle or musket), and together with Andy
Bodenheimer and wife of the Tallassee SCV Camp, kept attendees entertained with
explanations of Confederate camp life, punctuated at intervals with actual
gunfire. Dragoon Tyrone Crowley and wife portrayed Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Pratt. Friday was a school day and Dragoon Beir Butler educated the children about the life of Confederate soldiers showing them the equipment in the encampment set up there.
Below are pictures of Beir
Butler at his tent, saluting after placing a Battle Flag on the grave of
Confederate John C Williams (one of five Confederates here, all of whom had
flags placed on their graves), sitting at their table with Andy Bodenheimer and
wife, and finally dressed as a Prattville Dragoon. Pictured also
are the Crowleys impersonating the Pratts.
It was a fine weekend, enjoyed by
all, and a most proper ending for the Autauga County Bicentennial celebration.
Autauga County Bicentennial exhibits were inside the Jones Community
Center and Pleasant Valley Methodist Church, next door. Five Confederate veteran graves were identified there and flags placed on these.
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