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Waynesboro Heritage Museum
The museum contains permanent exhibits galleries that relate the city’s history using wall panels and artifacts from the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation. The exhibits start with the settlement of...
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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
A new National Park, still in development, that preserves and interprets key sites related to the Civil War and the history of the Shenandoah Valley. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical...
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Kernstown Battlefield
The Pritchard farm provided the location for the First and Second Battles of Kernstown. This 250 year old farm situated on 315 acres was right at the center of the First and Second Battles of...
View ArticleStonewall Jackson’s Headquarters Museum
This home served briefly as General Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters during the Civil War from 1861 to 1862. The museum houses the largest collection of Jackson memorabilia. This 1854 Hudson River...
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Save Tom’s Brook!
It was on this 24 acre parcel that some of the most intense fighting of the Battle of Tom’s Brook occurred, as the Confederates tried desperately to hold their position before being flanked and routed...
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Saving Tom’s Brook, From the Chief Executive Officer
Dear Fellow Preservationists, I’m writing to you because I’ve recently learned of a preservation emergency and I really need your help. A few weeks ago, on a Sunday afternoon, I was contacted by a...
View ArticleNational Historic District now offering Combined Federal Campaign
The mission of the CFC is to support and to promote philanthropy through a program that is employee-focused, cost efficient and effective in providing all Federal employees the opportunity to improve...
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Third Winchester 151st Anniversary Programs
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan On September 19, 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Army of the Valley and Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah met at the Third Battle of Winchester, one...
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Support our preservation efforts and find the perfect Civil War gift for any history buff at the same time! Visit our store at: www.ShopShenandoahAtWar.org
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Third Winchester 151st Anniversary Event Times
Third Winchester 151st Anniversary Event Times Friday, September 18, 2015 • 1-4pm – Third Winchester Car Caravan Tour led by NPS Ranger Eric Campbell: “A continuous, deafening wail of musketry without...
View ArticleBattle of Cedar Creek 151st Anniversary Event Schedule
The National Park Service and its partners will host a series of special activities, events and programs to commemorate the battle. Includes: living history, battle reenactments, lectures,...
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1st Annual Benefit Concert for Battlefield Preservation
Please help preserve battlefields by attending our 1st Annual Roadhouse Classic at the Ohrstrom Theater on the campus of Shenandoah University on Friday January 8, 2016. Tickets are $150 each and...
View ArticleSVBF to Assume Operation of Old Court House Civil War Museum
SVBF to Assume Operation of Old Court House Civil War Museum Foundation Also to Enter Co-Ownership Agreement for Ridgeway Civil War Collection WINCHESTER, Va. – Today, the Shenandoah Valley...
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Keven Walker’s Interview with Robert Allen for Valley Feedback
On Friday March 4th, the SVBF’s CEO Keven Walker was interviewed by Robert Allen on Valley Feedback. During this interview Keven discusses the following topics: Newly acquired Old Civil War Court...
View ArticleConference on the Union’s war on civilians in Virginia and Georgia scheduled...
Here is a link to an article about the SVBF’s Atlanta Conference in the Washing Post....
View ArticleSVBF Announces Largest Battlefield Preservation Effort in the History of the...
SVBF Announces Largest Battlefield Preservation Effort in the History of the Shenandoah Valley 34-Acre West Woods Parcel is at the Center of the Third Winchester Battlefield WINCHESTER, Va. – Today the...
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The Execution of George Summers and Isaac Koontz: A Post-War Tragedy
On June 27, 1865, Confederates Capt. George Summers and Sgt. Isaac Newton Koontz were executed north of New Market, without trial, for a crime for which they had previously been forgiven. George...
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SVBF Fall Magazine Request
Shenandoah At War is the new magazine of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District. Inside you’ll find information about both the Civil War history of the Valley and our efforts...
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Join the SVBF Team – Development Associate
Job Title – Development Associate About the Foundation: In 1996, Congress designated eight counties in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia as a National Heritage Area – the Shenandoah Valley...
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