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Heatwole Genealogy: Putting to Rest the Mathias Myth

54:55

Documenting Tradition: Shenandoah Valley White Oak Basket Making

1:03:38

September Mourn: The Dunker Church at Antietam

1:22:13

Knocking Down Walls (updated)

29:35

Mountain Women Live On: Life and Legacy of Appalachian Women

1:03:39

Marching to War, Waltzing to Peace: An Evening with the Mountain Saxhorn Band

1:12:37

John T. Harris' Independent Campaign for Congress, 1859

In 1858-1859, a Harrisonburg lawyer named John T. Harris upset the political applecart in the central Shenandoah Valley when he defied the Democrat Party and ran as an independent candidate for the 9th Congressional District. This presentation will cover Harris’s successful bid for Congress while also revealing the colorful, rancorous, and rowdy nature of political campaigning on the eve of the Civil War.
Using Harris’ memoirs and articles from the newspapers of the day in Harrisonburg and Staunton, Harter will discuss Harris’s independent campaign and the political world it revealed in the Shenandoah Valley before the Civil War.
Dale Harter, a Rockingham County native, is the librarian at...

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Heatwole Genealogy: Putting to Rest the Mathias Myth

54:55

Heatwole Genealogy: Putting to Rest the Mathias Myth

Просмотров 363 месяца назад

Franklin Heatwole presents his Huthwohl-Heatwole research, including the family Mennonite heritage and the David “S.” controversy.

Documenting Tradition: Shenandoah Valley White Oak Basket Making

1:03:38

Documenting Tradition: Shenandoah Valley White Oak Basket Making

Просмотров 793 месяца назад

Drawing on his fieldwork in the early 1990s, Dr. Scott Suter introduces the craftspeople who kept the white oak basket making tradition alive in the Shenandoah Valley into the twenty-first century. Funded by the Virginia Folklife Program and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Suter collected images, interviews, and baskets to document this important folk craft in the region. Scot...

September Mourn: The Dunker Church at Antietam

1:22:13

September Mourn: The Dunker Church at Antietam

Просмотров 1093 месяца назад

The Dunker Church is one of the most iconic structures of the American Civil War. Surprisingly, few people know much if anything about its fascinating story or the role it played within the community of Sharpsburg and its importance during and after the Battle of Antietam. The German Baptist Brethren, or Dunkers (Dunkards) as they were colloquially known, built the Mumma Church of the Manor con...

29:35

Knocking Down Walls (updated)

Просмотров 6315 месяцев назад

This documentary presents a powerful story of history and civics-a story about high school students as told by high school students. From Harrisonburg's Federal Court House, Judge John Paul handed down decisions that ultimately forced the end of Virginia's "Massive Resistance" to school integration. In this film, you are introduced to the students who lived that history. A film created by Spots...

Mountain Women Live On: Life and Legacy of Appalachian Women

1:03:39

Mountain Women Live On: Life and Legacy of Appalachian Women

Просмотров 3158 месяцев назад

(With apologies for awkward double screen view) Dr. Peggy Ann Shifflett discusses her new book, "Mountain Women Live On," a chronicle of a way of life which was both beautiful and terrible. The book contains a history of the region, a study of Appalachian culture and folklore, a sociological treatise on the family, and a social statement extremely pertinent to today’s modern society. Shifflett ...

Marching to War, Waltzing to Peace: An Evening with the Mountain Saxhorn Band

1:12:37

Marching to War, Waltzing to Peace: An Evening with the Mountain Saxhorn Band

Просмотров 1018 месяцев назад

0:00 Welcome 3:02 Program Begins Enjoy the musical heritage of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Since before the Civil War, the Mountain Saxhorn Band has been regaling citizens with the unique sound of Adolph Saxe's inventive brass instruments. The most accurate representation of period music available to the public, the Band (which was refigured as the Stonewall Brigade Band during the War) ...

Aldine Keiffer, Revisited: Featuring the Mountain Saxhorn Band

30:37

Aldine Keiffer, Revisited: Featuring the Mountain Saxhorn Band

Просмотров 1329 месяцев назад

This Mountain Saxhorn Band, which dates to early 1855, provided a performance and history program during The 1898 Society kickoff event at Rocktown History on September 28, 2023. Mountain Saxhorn and is a special project of the Stonewall Brigade Band, headquartered in Staunton's Gypsy Hill Park; it is directed by the Rev. Dr. Kevin Haynes, and by EMU junior Jacob Loya. Musicians are: Mark Heise...

A Tip of the Hat Exhibition Introduction

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A Tip of the Hat Exhibition Introduction

Просмотров 75Год назад

Curator Scott Suter introduces the new "A Tip of the Hat" exhibition which celebrates 125 years of service to the mission of saving and sharing Harrisonburg and Rockingham County history.

Knocking Down Walls Documentary Full Event Recording

1:34:32

Knocking Down Walls Documentary Full Event Recording

Просмотров 710Год назад

On May 25, 2023, at Harrisonburg's Court Square Theater, Rocktown History premiered "Knocking Down Walls," a documentary about the integration of Virginia schools by high school students as told by high school students. This recording includes the full original documentary, plus an opportunity to hear from the individuals who lived the history, the student filmmakers, and others. 0:00 Welcome 2...

What Can Conservation Do for You? Preservation in your Home Town.

1:00:20

What Can Conservation Do for You? Preservation in your Home Town.

Просмотров 52Год назад

Kate Ridgway discusses her role as State Archaeological Conservator at the Department of Historic Resources and the help she can provide to members of the public. Her talk included highlights of projects during her ten years working for the Commonwealth, including preservation of the WWI monument in Harrisonburg. Katherine Ridgway is the State Archaeological Conservator for the Virginia Departm...

Old South High: Historical Investigations of Harrisonburg's Landmarks

1:19:26

Old South High: Historical Investigations of Harrisonburg's Landmarks

Просмотров 202Год назад

This new and deeply local history talk will focus on the historic Old South High neighborhood and the early industrialization of Harrisonburg. Among many important characters in the story are Philo Bradley, Juliet Strayer, Winfield Liggett, Joshua Wilton, Eugene Tutwiler, Addie Burkholder, Jonas Lowenbach, and Roy Early. The discussion will explore the racial and economic histories of an era wh...

1:09:30

Everything But the Bedroom Quilt

Просмотров 69Год назад

Everything But the Bedroom Quilt: Textiles from the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection Presentation sponsored by the Margaret Grattan Weaver Institute for Regional Culture at Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia. While the Shenandoah Valley is known for its strong quilting tradition, quilts are only one facet of the tapestry of textiles produced and used in the region. Samplers an...

A History of Rawley Springs Resorts & Hotels

1:26:48

A History of Rawley Springs Resorts & Hotels

Просмотров 313Год назад

Presenter Bev Appleton’s program is filled with images, history notes, and anecdotal remembrances, covering about 100 years of Rawley Springs Resort history from the antebellum period to post-WWII. Appleton spent numerous summers in his "long lost" youth at his grandfather's (Daddy Joe Deter) cabin, Blue Hole, the Spring House, City Park (now Riven Rock Park), and numerous other Rawley Springs ...