Talk:Front Royal, Virginia

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If there is going to be an Entry regarding Front Royal, then Perhaps someone should add something relevant to Randolph-Macon Academy. It is an important touchstone for a lot of people.

Need to add section on history of Front Royal. Specifically regarding forestry, rail roads, and the American Civil War and other important historical events of the town. Michael Hernandez 04:26, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey, did anyone notice that there are a lot of pro-life and pro-family organizations in Front Royal? The Population Research Institute, the Family Research Council... XndrK (talk) 00:55, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Origin of Name
Looking into the references for the various origins of Front Royal's name... Trying to verify the second 'legend' about the drill sergeant yelling "front the Royal Oak!" The reference given does not appear to contain any mention of the story (nor do later editions), but please correct me if I'm wrong, it may just come down to poor digitization/OCR making my search terms ineffective. Anyway, I have found shortened versions of the story in other sources but without such fanciful detail. I have edited the article to reflect those sources, but I'm saving the old version below in case anyone can find a source for it... the details are nice, if they can be sourced.

"However, another legendary version of the origin of the name has it that, during colonial days, a giant oak tree - the "Royal" Tree of England - stood in the public square where Chester and Main Streets now join. It was there that the local militia, composed of raw recruits slow to learn military commands and maneuvers, were drilled. On one occasion, the sorely tired drill sergeant became so exasperated by the clumsy efforts of his troops and their failure to follow his command that he hit upon a phrase that all could understand and shouted, "front the Royal Oak!" Among the spectators was a former professional soldier. He was so amused by the officer's coined order that he and his friends found much sport in telling the story, repeating "front the Royal Oak" until Front Royal was the resulting derivation."

I can't find anything for the "le Front Royal" legend that doesn't appear to be copying directly from the wiki page. Antepenultimate (talk) 03:12, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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