March Air Reserve Base Historic District

We stayed a couple of weeks at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. There's a lot going on there.  Many planes coming and going.  We had a nice view of the flight line.  We'd sit in our front seats and try to imagine where everyone was going.  Hopefully, someplace safe. 


We stay at as many military famcamps as we can.  We like them and we like being on a base.  We get to shop at the Commissary and the Exchange.  One thing we notice at every base we visit, is that the active duty military service members and the civilian employees who work next to them are working hard.  Everyone is busy.  You can tell by looking at their faces.  We hope America has not forgotten them.  They are still there, working for the safety of all of us.


March ARB (air reserve base) has been divided in two.  They sold part of the base to investors.  They, in turn, have rented out most of what was base housing.  They built a fence around what is now considered the base and opened the rest to whoever.  It's confusing because the Commissary, Exchange and some of the offices are on the civilian side.


They have tried to preserve the oldest part of the base and put up some informative signs.  The base started in 1918.


Here's the story of how it all happened.  Kind of interesting. 


http://www.march.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3660


We walked around the historic area quite a bit and took some pictures.  At first we thought all of the houses and buildings were built of wood, but upon closer inspection, Alex realized they were made of concrete.  Apparently, they used boards to make frames to pour the concrete and the wood left impressions on the concrete.  The area is beautiful and most of these building are still in use.  Most are used for things different than the original purpose.

Here's the pics.

https://picasaweb.google.com/103645060086585742201/MarchAirForceReserveBase?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfxzvTn0NCaSQ#5721756844580005218