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June 29, 2009

City ceremonies kick off valley's Civil War sesquicentennial
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WINCHESTER -- A healthy crowd of history buffs -- including a few in period dress -- gathered at Abram's Delight Museum to help kick off the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Sesquicentennial on Saturday.

June 26, 2009

Monument gets loving restoration
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NEW MARKET -- An 1893 monument has received some much-needed modern-day attention of late.

June 10, 2009

Officials agree to secure structure damaged by fire
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FRONT ROYAL -- Town and county officials have agreed to secure the fire-damaged McKay House so that authorities can search the remains to determine if anyone was in the structure when it burned.

Statue to honor Civil War hero
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MIDDLETOWN -- The Town Council is considering a request by the Garland-Rodes camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to build a monument in town honoring Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early.

June 8, 2009

Look back in time: Capsule in former Middletown school is opened
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MIDDLETOWN -- It was a day 100 years in the making. Alumni, their friends and family gathered at what was once Middletown High School to celebrate the school's centennial.

June 3, 2009

Middletown to unveil 1909 time capsule at old school
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MIDDLETOWN -- When Mildred Brumback attended Middletown Agricultural High School in 1941, she and her classmates could tell when the principal was coming.

Oldest structure in Warren County partially destroyed by fire
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FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County lost a significant piece of history early Sunday morning when the McKay House was partially destroyed by fire.

May 27, 2009

With Winchester's OK, organization plans to convert Patsy Cline home into museum
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WINCHESTER -- With the city's blessing in hand, Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc. is moving forward with plans to transform the singer's former home into a museum.

May 16, 2009

Re-enactors weigh fate of industry in face of 145th anniversary of New Market battle
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NEW MARKET -- A war of words can only serve to help a battle that already has been fought and won.

May 15, 2009

Advocates rally, speak out at meeting
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FRONT ROYAL -- He didn't earn a living as an educator. And he didn't have the notoriety of Civil Rights leaders and icons such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.

May 14, 2009

Woman carries on legacy in walk to benefit babies
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WINCHESTER -- Karen Drury grew up with her great-grandfather's legacy in the back of her mind.

Quaker group to celebrate 275th anniversary of meetings in the valley
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CLEAR BROOK -- 'Tis a gift to be simple, as the Quaker hymn goes. That simplicity for the Quaker group in the valley has helped keep it going for 275 years.

May 12, 2009

Boy Scouts caravan shares Century of Values with city
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WINCHESTER -- The Boy Scouts of America have tied a lot of knots, started a lot of campfires and caught a lot of fish over the last century.

New Market re-enactment getting special treatment
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NEW MARKET -- After 145 years, the New Market Battlefield anniversary is getting opening act treatment.

May 9, 2009

Some officials fear historic district at risk after vote
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FRONT ROYAL -- Some members of the Town Council are concerned that a vote to have the Planning Commission review historic district overlay code sections may be an attempt to dissolve the designated areas.

April 20, 2009

Heritage Day lets family stories out
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WOODSTOCK -- People from all over Shenandoah County and those with roots here came together to celebrate the county's -- and their families' -- history on Saturday.

March 19, 2009

Cedar Creek on list of 10 most endangered sites
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MIDDLETOWN -- Cedar Creek Battlefield has again been ranked among the most endangered Civil War sites in the country in a report released Wednesday by a national preservation group.

March 12, 2009

Preservation trust to release report
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The Civil War Preservation Trust will release its annual report on the nation's most endangered Civil War battlefields March 18, according to a press release.




 







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