This Site Is For The Memories Of The 1976 Bicentenial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania

  In 1975 my husband LeGrand (Lee) Reynolds and myself Sheila Reynolds became the RI Teamsters for The Bicentennial Wagon Train  Pilgrimage To Pennsylvania.The Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania was a replay of history in reverse.A train of covered wagons -one wagon for each state-plus a Pennsylvania wagon,Chuck Wagon, and many private wagons and outriders crossing the country from west to east meeting at Valley Forge on July 4th,1976. Throughout the year signatures were collected on scrolls. These scrolls were signed by citizens reaffirming their belief in the principles upon which this nation was founded.

The project was sponsored by the Bicentennial Commission of Pennsylvania. Each state was supplied with an authentic covered wagon.The 13 original states were supplied with Conestoga wagons and the rest were supplied with "Prairie  Schooners". As RI is one of the first 13 we were presented with a Conestoga wagon. I am creating this blog to share some memories of this life-changing  time in my life, and many others.

Maine received a "Prairie Schooner"