View this News on our Website | Calendar of Events | Membership & Donation Mosby Heritage Area Association Newsletter - June 2010 From the President That mission has been built in good measure by the work of our two employees, Executive Director Judy Reynolds, and Education Director Rich Gillespie. That situation will change with Rich’s departure this month. He has been with us for six years and done yeoman work on all of our educational initiatives, primarily our in-school fourth and eleventh grade programs, and our Cavaliers, Courage, and Coffee interpretive programs. We owe Rich a giant debt of gratitude and wish him all the best in his new position at Morven Park in Leesburg. The MHAA Education Committee is hard at work looking for a new person to fill Rich’s big shoes. You are invited to our two fundraisers, which you can read about in more detail as you scroll below. We’d love to have you join us on Saturday, July 10 for a guided tour of the Monocacy National Battlefield Park outside Frederick, Maryland, where you can learn all about the little-known but crucial July 9, 1864, engagement, known as “the battle that saved Washington, D.C.” And then there’s MHAA’s main fundraiser of 2010, a two-part event on Thursday, September 2 and Friday, September 3 that focuses on Monticello. Leslie Bowman, Monticello’s president, and Susan Stein, Monticello’s curator, will speak on the past, present and future of Jefferson’s house at the Sheila Johnson Performing Arts Center at the Hill School in Middleburg on Thursday evening. On Friday, we’re running a luxury bus down to Monticello where participants will take a special guided tour that includes a visit to the iconic Dome Room, which is not open to the general public. We’d love for you to join us for what promises to be an enlightening and exciting two-day event that will help MHAA continue its preservation mission. I would like to thank the Middleburg sculptor Diana Reuter Twining, who is on our Advisory Board and has come up with a unique way to help MHAA. Visit Diana’s website, http://www.bronzed.net/index.php, check out her amazing work, and should you decide to purchase, mention that you would like to support MHAA and a portion of the sale will be donated. Thank you for your interest in MHAA and in preserving our special area of the country. We look forward to seeing you on July 10 and September 2 and 3, and at our other events. For more info, go to our website, www.mosbyheritagearea.org, scroll down, or call us at 540-687-6681. Monocacy Battlefield Tour If you live in the Frederick, Maryland, area and would like to meet the group at the battlefield, the cost for the tour will be $75. This does not include the book or lunch. Click here to register for this exciting tour online.
Summer Saturdays The Caleb Rector House, MHAA headquarters, is located just off Route 50 four miles west of Middleburg. Built at the turn of the 18th century along the Ashby Gap Turnpike in the village of Rectors Crossroads, the house was occupied by Caleb and Mary Ann Hatcher Rector at the time of the Civil War. On June 10, 1863, Lieutenant John Singleton Mosby signed the official papers creating Company A, 43rd Battalion Partisan Rangers of the Virginia Cavalry – later known as Mosby’s Ranger’s in the parlor of the Rector home. The house is also connected to the history of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart who established his headquarters around the Rector House on June 23, 1863 following the Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. It was here that he received orders from General Lee to follow the Union army into Pennsylvania and, according to reports, harass them as he saw fit. We invite you to visit the house, owned now by the Atoka Preservation Society, any Saturday over the summer to make history come alive in 2010. Hosts and hostesses will relate the history of the house, the village of Atoka, and the connection that two Confederate officers—Mosby and Stuart—had with the house. If you’d like to help by volunteering as a host or hostess during the summer, go to www.mosbyheritagearea.org or call 540-687-6681. CLICK HERE to visit the Volunteer Page on our website.
SAVE THESE DATES! Saving Monticello: Past, Present, and Future On Thursday evening, Ms. Bowman and Ms. Stein will share their insights on Monticello’s past, present, and future at the Shelia C. Johnson Performing Arts Center at The Hill School in Middleburg, Virginia. The evening will include a cheese and wine reception and book signing. On Friday, September 3, Marc Leepson, author of the book Saving Monticello, will lead a bus tour to Thomas Jefferson’s “Essay in Architecture” in Charlottesville. Participants will take an exclusive, guided, behind the scenes tour of Monticello—including visits to private second floor bedrooms once occupied by members of Jefferson family, to the iconic dome room on the third floor, which is not open to the public, and to the new, interactive “Crossroads” exhibition under the house. You will see unique interior architectural features, learn about on-going historic restoration efforts, and gain insight into what one of Jefferson’s granddaughters called the “bustle and hurry” of life at Monticello. This trip also includes a picnic lunch at Monticello and a signed copy of Mr. Leepson’s book. Tickets for the Thursday evening talk are $150 per person or $250 for couples. Tickets for the Friday bus tour to Monticello are $175 per person or $300 for couples. Sponsorships for the event are available beginning at $250. Click here to purchase tickets or become a sponsor online.
- - - - - - - Civil War Conference Seats are filling up fast for this year’s Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War. The topic for this year’s conference is The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 11-15, 1862. Nine talks will be presented by nationally acclaimed authors and historians from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. The conference also includes a day-long tour of the Battle of Fredericksburg on Sunday. Among this year’s speakers is historian and writer, Clark B. Hall, who is widely known for his expertise on cavalry operations in the American Civil War. He is the co-founder and past board member of the Chantilly Battlefield Association, the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, and the Brandy Station Foundation. Bud Hall has worked closely with the Fauquier County Board of Architectural Review to educate residents and visitors to Fauquier County on the twelve battlefields in Fauquier County. He is a resident of Middleburg and has been a long time supporter of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, as well as a favorite speaker at the Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War. He will begin Saturday’s session with a talk titled “’Tell General Stuart I’m Getting on Fine:’ John Pelham’s Glorious Day at Fredericksburg.” Other speakers include Joseph Bilby, Frank O’Reilly, Kim Holien, Robert K. Krick, Greg Mertz, Jeffry Wert, and George Rable. Speaker biographies are available on the MHAA website, www.mosbyheritagearea.org. A detailed schedule and registration form can be found on the “Calendar of Events” page. Click here to download a registration form and brochure.
New MHAA Members Heritage Patron Heritage Sponsor Heritage Sentinel Heritage Ranger Teacher Are you ready to invest in the MHAA mission? For more information or a membership application, visit our website, www.mosbyheritagearea.org or call 540-687-6681. CLICK HERE to visit the Membership Page on our website. Store
There are still some items left from the MHAA Summer close-outs: Prelude to Gettysburg audio cassette tapes - $2.00 The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Guide by David Edwin Lillard - $20.00 Cabins, Cottages and Mansions, Homes of the Presidents of the United States - $5.00 Please add $5.00 shipping and handling for each item purchased. Place your order by calling 540-687-6681 or sending a check to Mosby Heritage Area Association, PO Box 1497, Middleburg, VA 20118 |
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