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Art's Involvement with Camp
Reynolds
Posted:
11/2023 |
by Art
Williams
Camp Reynolds Project
Manager & 50th Anniversary
Committee Member |
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Earliest Connection |
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Art's parents purchased 10
acres of the former Camp
Reynolds site when his dad
came home from the Navy.
They bought an officers
administrative barracks
(T-1153) and lived in it
till 1961 when they built a
split-level house on the
property. |
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In his early teens he along
with his friends would play
Army on Delmar Street
(formerly D Street) in the
remains of a theater and
recreation hall. |
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Camp's 50th Anniversary |
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In 1990 Art returned home
from 16 years of teaching
5th grade in WV when his
mother passed away. Upon
returning, he started ACW
Productions, a video
services business. Then in
1992 a Camp Reynolds 50th
Anniversary Committee was
formed. They asked Art to
produce a video of the 3 day
celebration. Later in August
he produced a video of the
Time Capsule Burial
ceremony. |
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PA State Historical Marker |
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In August 1994 the state
accepted the committees
request for a state
historical marker for Camp
Reynolds. Shortly after the
Historical Marker was put up
the committee disbanded. At
this point Art continued on
his own to develop and share
the camp's history. |
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From the Marker to the
Present |
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He spent the next several
years he spent organizing
and digitizing the Camp
Reynolds information he had
acquired. |
- 12/1998 he created the
Camp Reynolds website,
campreynolds.com
- 2011 he produced a Camp
Reynolds History Booklet.
- 2012 he produced a Camp
Reynolds History DVD
- 2013 he started to do
presentations and setup
displays
- 2017 he created Camp
Reynolds Information Cards
- 2020 he wrote a book, The
History of Camp Reynolds |
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He continues to develop and
share the history of Camp
Reynolds presentations,
displays and plans to have
Camp Reynolds Open Houses
and is developing
educational material to
share on the web for kids &
adults learn about Camp
Reynolds. |
