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It’s the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and Waynesboro Public Library will be hosting a program about art from the front lines thanks to a grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Library of America.
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Waynesboro Public Library invites kids of all ages to enjoy comedian and ventriloquist, Uncle Ty-Rone on Saturday, July 14 at noon. Ty-Rone’s show of self-produced hip-hop music and clean comedy is high energy with lots of audience participation geared to youth and families. “I have a passion for children. They need guidance,” Ty-Rone says
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The Waynesboro Public Library will hold an Open House on Monday, June 11 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The public is invited to join in the celebration that begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m
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Waynesboro Public Library, through the sponsorship of the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge and in partnership with the libraries of Augusta County and Staunton, is hosting an area-wide book read called One Book One Community. The selection this year is Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton. It is the story of a spunky…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced it will host a one-week institute for Virginia history teachers from Monday, July 11, until Friday, July 15. The summer institute is the second of three annual week-long sessions in a professional development curriculum entitled “American History in International Context” that the Presidential Library is holding…
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Waynesboro during the Civil War will be the topic of a program at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Augusta County Library in Fishersville. The Battle of Waynesboro took place in a cold downpour on March 2, 1865. The Union’s 2500 men were led by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan and Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer. Confederate…
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Velma Ryan doesn’t know exactly how they come across the copy of the Federalist Papers that was published in 1818. “It’s in need of some light repair,” said Ryan, delicately holding the copy of the book that is up for sale at the upcoming Friends of the Waynesboro Public Library BookBoo Sale. The estimated value…
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The building now home to the main branch of the Augusta County Library opened in the 1930s as the Fishersville Elementary School. It was last renovated in 1983. It’s perhaps not surprising that the work being done at the site of late has come up with some interesting finds. “We found out that it was…
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The project to give a new face to the Waynesboro Public Library has been scaled back significantly, but with some community libraries facing cuts to the hours of operation and other communities having to consider closing their community libraries altogether, Waynesboro is “fortunate” to be in the position that it is in, library director Zahir…
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Written by Chris Graham [email protected] “Chris Graham is the choice.” I don’t remember the exact wording. I do remember reading the headline that said this or something pretty close out loud and thinking, This is it! “What?” My wife, Crystal, was incredulous. She could sense it, too. Skimming through the endorsement editorial in the…
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