The three-musket salute that echoed through the Flohr’s Cemetery in McKnightstown recently honored two Revolutionary War patriots, Baltzer Pitzer and Peter Comfort.
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will host a ceremony honoring Revolutionary War veterans Baltzer Pitzer of the 6th Company, Lancaster County Militia, and Peter Comfort, of Capt. John
Arthur Art Old, aged 84 of Fredericksburg, Virginia passed away at Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Tuesday, March 09, 2021. He is survived by his wife Martha Layman Old, his son James W. Old and his wife Elizabeth S. Old, his stepdaughter Kelly L. Layman and her husband John D. Rehrer, his stepson Bryan C. Layman and his wife Elaine M. Layman, and 6 loving grandchildren. He was formerly married to Eleanor Markham Old, who passed away in 2003. Upon his engagement and marriage to Martha, he moved from Lancaster, PA to Fredericksburg, VA.
Art was a longtime Norfolk, VA native who graduated from Maury HS. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1958 with a Geology degree and commissioned in the Army as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. Post active duty, he taught general science at Maury HS for 2 years before returning to VPI to graduate again in 1964 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. Art accepted a position with Armstrong World Industries