Boyce depot centennial - October 5, 2013

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Good morning:

Please mark your calendar for the Boyce railway station centennial on Saturday, October 5, 2013.  Although the precise opening date for the depot during 1913 is unknown, construction was mostly completed by October.

The 100th birthday celebration will be an afternoon and evening event.   Two picnic cook-outs are scheduled for 1 PM and 6 PM.  During the afternoon, tours of the agent's office will include a telegraphy demonstration s well as a continuous showing of Railway Post Office films.  A special pictorial postmark by the Boyce Post Office will provide a lasting commemoration of the occasion.

At dusk, an outdoor "train night" will feature slide presentations and discussion of local railroad history.  Visitors will have a good photo opportunities of passing Norfolk Southern trains from the station grounds.

An overview of the Railway Mail Service Library is attached.  I'll look forward to seeing YOU in October!

Happy holidays,

Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
Railway Mail Service Library, Inc. 
f_scheer at yahoo.com 
(202) 268-4996 - weekday office 
(540) 837-9090 - Saturday afternoon 
in the former N&W station on county route 723 
117 East Main Street 
Boyce VA 22620-9639
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