JMU baseball adds seven
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James Madison baseball head coach Spanky McFarland announced the addition of seven student-athletes to the program with each signing a national letter of intent during the NCAA’s fall signing period.
Search Results for Shenandoah National Park
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Augusta County Historical Society to spotlight Valley Campaign
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The year 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Conducted during the spring and early summer of 1862, Jackson’s maneuvers in the Valley are still considered by historians and military strategists to be nothing short of tactical genius. On Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m., the Augusta County Historical Society will present “Keeping the Federals at Bay: Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign.”
Bridgewater College police chief to make presentation at 150th anniversary of Antietam
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It was the bloodiest single day in American history. In 12 gruesome hours on Sept. 17, 1862, approximately 23,000 Americans from the North and the South were killed, wounded or lost in action at the battle of Antietam in Maryland.
Darden announces award winners
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition.
Long-time Eastern Mennonite University librarian takes to the bike
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Lois Bowman begins her ride in the parking lot by the seminary, just down the hill from her home on Mount Clinton Pike. She usually starts sometime around 6 p.m., once rush hour has petered out and the heat has broken.
Crews battling two wildfires in Virginia
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There are two significant wildfires currently burning on federal lands in Virginia. The US Forest Service and the National Park Service both have fires
Event preserves legacy of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign
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In June 1862, Stonewall Jackson’s historic Valley Campaign came to a thunderous climax at the Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic in Rockingham County
Big rally pushes #12 SU past EMU
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EMU can score runs this year. But stopping the other team has proven difficult at times. Monday night the Royals were at Shenandoah, ranked No. 12 and No. 18 in the two national polls, and the men led 11-7 before dropping a 19-11 decision. The two teams have been developing a rivalry recently. In 2011,…
Spring events in Downtown Staunton
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Staunton Augusta Art Center Annual Youth Art Show Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1 Gallery located at the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries in the R. R. Smith Center for History & Art at 20 S. New Street. The best art works from all public, private, and independent schools in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta…
EMU drops pair to Averett
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Saturday was about as frustrating as they come for the EMU baseball team. Not only did the Royals drop two close games at Averett, but they lost them both in walk-off fashion. Eastern Mennonite now has a few extra days off, as Sunday’s doubleheader at Ferrum was called off due to the impending weather. The…
