Who's making your sign?
Boyer Sign Company is owned and operated by artist and craftsman Kurt Boyer in the heart of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Kurt carved his first sign when he was 7 years old under the watchful eye of his father, designer and woodworker Hal Boyer. At 27 he joined his sister Kate Boyer at AE Advertising where he learned the fundamentals of graphic design and sign painting, pre-computers. Taken with signmaking, he struck out on his own creating Eagle Signs where he continued to hone his skills for many years until a brief hiatus while he and his wife Cynnie owned and operated the Black Bear Hollow Cafe in Phoenicia, New York.
In 2008 Kurt returned full time to the sign business and has been creating beautiful signs and designs for clients throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond.
Kurt is a Cold War Veteran having qualified on submarines aboard the USS Jack SSN 605 and also served on the USS America CV-66 in the Indian Ocean as part of a International Peace Keeping Force in 1983.
Family Military Service
I am proud to have served in the Armed Forces (Go Navy!) as four generations have done before me. My father and his father both served in the US Navy, my dad during the Korean War and my grandfather during WWII. Our family is particulary proud of our great-great grandfather Jonas Boyer who served with
Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. We recently visited the The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg PA to examine Jonas's uniforms that have been donated by another family member. It was quite a powerful experience that we will all remember.
Currently I am reading Larry B. Maier's "ROUGH & REGULAR: A History of Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry". It details through letters and newspaper articles the movements and battles they participated in. It is a brutal reminder of the sacrifices these men and women made to save our precious union. From Fredricksburg to Gettysburg Mair chronicles the realities of day to day life and how it impacted the soldiers.
I wish I knew more about Jonas and the skills he used working with his hands as a wheel wright and craftsman., and whether he was able to use those skills in his regiment. My father and I both were able to utilize our artistic during our service, designing and painting division logos, newsletters and cartoons.
