Stonewall Jackson Mortally Wounded at Chancellorsville
The article recalls Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's mortally wounding on May 2 at Guinea Station and death on May 10, 1863. It notes his Shenandoah Valley Campaign, a later amputation, and his status as a famed military commander. It marks the 150th anniversary of his death and references his birth in 1824 in what is now West Virginia.
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Thomas Jonathan
Stonewall” Jackson
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Jackson
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
McDowell
Front Royal
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Cross Keys
Port Republic
Argabright
Miller-Kite Museum
Chancellorsville
18Th North Carolina Infantry
Harm’s Way
Guinea Station
Elkton recreation dept sells discounted park tickets
The Elkton Recreation Department offers Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens tickets at savings. Kings Dominion Spring Savings Days tickets cost 33 dollars valid on select April May dates. Busch Gardens tickets cost 51 dollars valid any day through October 27. Purchases are cash only at the Elkton Area Community Center on Blue and Gold Drive. For details call 298-8730.
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Elkton
Kings Dominion
Busch Gardens
Blue and Gold Drive
Shenandoah High reunion marks five decades for classes of 1940s to 1960s
The Shenandoah area reunion for the Class of 1963 celebrated their 50th anniversary with a social hour in the SES school cafeteria and a banquet in the gym. Attendees included 190 attendees from classes 1940 to 1961 and guests such as Janice Robinson of Brewer, Maine and Charles Shuler of Elkton.
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Ses
Page County High School
Shenandoah School
Janice Stanley Robinson
Brewer
Maine
Robinson
Shenandoah High
Leavell
Charles Shuler
Elkton
Shenandoah High School
Janice Shifflette
James Shifflette
Lou McCoy
Janice Robinson
Charles Bankard
Ted Hayes
Kate's Krew fights distracted driving after Kate's death
Beagle starts Kate's Krew to warn the public about distracted driving after her daughter Kate died waiting for a school bus. The group held a three hour fund raiser drawing hundreds and raising over 1100 dollars to educate drivers and spread Kate's story. Timmy May organized the event and volunteers provided door prizes.
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Beagle
Tates
Kate
Timmy May
Bittinger to speak at Valley Civil War Round Table
Dr. Emmett F. Bittinger will address the Shenandoah Valley Civil War Round Table at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 13 at the Rockingham County Administration Center. His talk, The Unionist Project and Harrisonburg Citizens in the Civil War Not All of One Mind, recaps a 2002 study with Dave Rodes and Norman Wenger. The free public program covers loyalist experiences in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Emmett F. Bittinger
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
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Rockingham County Fair
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Pioneer Bankshares, Inc
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Ruckersville
Pioneer
Page County
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Shenandoah
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