Shenandoah Valley Battlefields goes to school
Sixth-grade students at North Fork Middle School became the first to learn about the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley – at least from the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.
112 North Fork students participated in a program that brought to life the War in the Valley, especially during the fabled 1862 Valley Campaign of Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The program is the first for the Battlefields organization and will form the core standards of learning elements that can be transported to other interested schools in the area.
At today’s gathering, interactive skits engaged the students with troops from the 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, a local reenacting group, in “The Life of a Soldier”. A presentation provided an overview of the War in the Valley, and how the famous campaign of 1862 was a key element. Another skit “Civil War in the Valley” was interpreted by local residents to show life on the Widow Pence Farm on the Cross Keys battlefield in Rockingham County. Continue reading “Shenandoah Valley Battlefields goes to school” »
Webb joins Battlefield Foundation at ceremony marking acquisition Civil War battle land purchase
A champion of battlefield-protection in the U.S Congress, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., today joined representatives of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation and Civil War Preservation Trust and other preservation leaders to celebrate the acquisition of property where the Third Battle of Winchester was fought. Continue reading “Webb joins Battlefield Foundation at ceremony marking acquisition Civil War battle land purchase” »
Battlefields Foundation announces grants
From new interpretive exhibits to wayside signage, trails, and brochures, the Valley’s Civil War story will become increasingly available to the general public as a result of this year’s round of grants awarded by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation’s Implementation Grants Program. Grants to support strong management projects at other sites will ensure that the story will be available to future generations as well. Continue reading “Battlefields Foundation announces grants” »
Monday, March 30, 2009
- Local News: Battlefields Foundation names Zirkle executive director, Monday, 9:25 a.m.
- Economy: Gas prices above $2 a gallon, Monday, 9:25 a.m.
- Local News: Green Cities Forum on tap, Monday, 9:25 a.m.
- Local News: Comments solicited on visitor contact station at Loft Mountain, Monday, 9:25 a.m.
- Local News: Friends of the Waynesboro Public Library annual dinner meeting, Monday, 9:25 a.m. Continue reading “Monday, March 30, 2009” »
Foundation adds new focus to marketing
Item by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is stepping up its tourism marketing efforts.
The foundation announced yesterday that it has hired Terence Heder to a newly created position of program manager for field services. Heder, who comes to the SVBF from Meridian, Miss., where he had been the executive director of the Meridian Museum of Art for the past 17 years, will coordinate the foundation’s efforts in interpretive and tourism marketing, and will work closely with Civil War sites, tourism offices and other partners in the Valley to help visitors explore the Valley’s rich Civil War history. Continue reading “Foundation adds new focus to marketing” »
