5th Annual full CCC camp event at Prince William Forest Park (NPS) in Virginia. We're continuing to improve the experience, and expand the opportunities to be involved. The recent 2024 event had the largest number of public visit by far, and 2025 shouldn't be much different. The NPS personnel are increasingly appreciating what we bring to the event, as well as the period-correct work we do.
If you've toyed with the idea of attending, now's your time to get off the fence for a great immersion event. This is a full two days of bringing an operational CCC camp to life, moving in on Friday and moving out on Monday. What do we provide you? Well ...
Six meals using CCC menus, four of which are served in a CCC-built mess hall on USQMC iron stone place settings, etc. Two meals are served "in the field" at the work site, eaten with your M1910 mess kits ... that's all you need to bring for meals, your mess kits and canteen/cups.
A barrack structure to accommodate your period-correct "cot, folding, metal" or using NPS-provided 1950's bunks. Wall racks for hanging uniforms. You bring (period cots if you have such) all bedding (NPS bunks have mattresses), foot locker (if you have such).
Camp HQ with functioning office, led by a USA Reserve Officer. Tool Room/Fire Cache housing all the period tools we'll need (you may add to this of course), and a shower room. You bring period-correct towel, ditty bag/shave kit, etc.
You then bring your personal historical impression, consisting of blue denim work clothes of USQMC-type issue, and early style CCC uniform. We do 1935, so this makes for being able to have a complete reproduction set that's appropriate. Uniform and other guidelines and sources are listed in the CCC FB files section with "Chopawamsic" in the title.
As we've grown and refined our approach, we've identified roles that may be of interest to you or someone you know not on this FB group. Assistant Commanding Officer (Army or Marine Reserve lieutenant), CCC Enrollee clerks, CCC Enrollee mess hall stewards, NPS Ranger (technical agency rep) ... even medical, as we have use of a CCC-built infirmary. If any of these roles interest you, or you have any other questions, reach out!
So set your calendar for 17-20 October 2025! More details and registration information will be posted beginning about two months out at the latest.
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