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Saturday, April 13, 2013,
2:00pm-4:00pm
Tour of Historic Waveland
Historic Waveland,
5061 Carters Run Road
Marshall, VA 20115
Take a tour of Waveland, home of John Augustine Washington III (great, great nephew of George Washington). Discover the African American story at Waveland through the research of Karen White, director of the Afro-American Museum of Fauquier County. Meet the Washington family that lived here at the beginning of the Civil War. The restoration effort of the current owners is also an amazing part of this story. Explore the architecture and historic landscape of this Fauquier County property using a self-guided tour. Enjoy light refreshments in the dining room.
$30 for MHAA members, $35 nonmembers
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:00pm-5:00pm
Scout Along the Turnpike
Mt Zion Church, 40309 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie VA 20105;
Aldie Mill, 39401 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie, VA 20105;
Rector House, 1461 Atoka Road, Marshall, VA 20115.
Mosby: Scout Along the Turnpike program allows visitors and residents to visit three Mosby sites in one Saturday afternoon, like a homes tour, but with costumed living history interpretation in the open buildings to appeal to the whole family. Visitors can visit all three John Singleton Mosby Highway (Route 50) locations, but also receive suggestions for side road detours off the turnpike that explore deeper into this lush, historic landscape .
This program is sponsored by the Mosby Heritage Area Association in partnership with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
Free and open to the public
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Sunday, May 5, 2013
10:00am
Mosby Ride
Mountain View,
20368 Airmont Road,
Round Hill, Virginia 20141
Trailer in your horse for a two-hour, walk and trot, guided trail ride focusing on the Civil War stories in and around the Ebenezer Churches, followed by lunch and a program. Civil War re-enactors will accompany riders on a circuit ride from Mountain View, to Ebenezer Churches, to Rock Hill, into Bloomfield and back to Mountain View. Enjoy lunch and a brief program on this pleasant spring day.
Riders need to bring water for their horses. For those needing to board their horse overnight, contact MHAA at 540-687-6681, or email us at info@mosbyheritagearea.org. There are several places near Mountain View where horses can be boarded for a nominal fee.
To register as a rider, send a copy of your latest coggins test, fill out the Registration Form, sign the Release and Waiver of Liability Form and attach your check made payable to MHAA.
Directions:
From Leesburg: Take Rt. 7 West for about 12 miles. Take Round Hill exit; at the bottom of the ramp go right into the village of Round Hill. Once in Round Hill, take left onto New Cut Rd. New Cut Rd becomes Airmont Road. After about 6 miles, Mountain View is on the left.
From Middleburg: Take Rt. 50 West towards Upperville. Before reaching the Upperville Colt/Horse Show grounds, take a right onto Rt 623/Willisville Road. Willisville Road becomes Millville Road. At the stop sign, turn right onto Greengarden Road for 4 miles. (Greengarden Rd becomes Airmont Rd). After you pass the Ebenezer Churches on left, Mountain View is on your right.
If you have ridden in a Mosby Ride before you can register at the MHAA member rate.
To register as a non-rider, fill out the Registration Form and attach your check made payable to MHAA.
Click here to download a Registration Form
Click here to download a Release and Waiver of Liability Form
Trail ride, program and lunch
$45 past participant and MHAA members
$50 nonmembers
Program and lunch only
$25 MHAA members lunch only
$30 nonmembers/lunch only
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Sunday, May 12, 2013
2:00-4:00pm
Zelda’s Tea Party
Welbourne
22314 Welbourne Farm Lane
Middleburg, Virginia 20117
On Mother’s Day, May 12, join the Mosby Heritage Area Association at historic Welbourne for a tea with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1934, F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed at Welbourne at the request of his publisher who was hoping that the Virginia countryside would cure his drinking problem. His short story, Her Last Case, is based on his stay at Welbourne and was featured in the Saturday Evening Post in 1934.
Bring Mom out for a lovely tea party on the veranda of this antebellum masterpiece. Meet F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hear love letters from Welbourne from the 1930s. Take Mom’s photo with a 1931 Model A Deluxe Roadster.
There will be two seatings; one at 2:00pm (arrival at 1:30) and one at 3:00pm (arrival at 2:45). Second Chance will provide a selection of books that feature the history of Welbourne, Fitzgerald works, tea and much more.
The tea is catered by Market Salamander.
Reservations are required:
$50 for MHAA members,
$60 nonmembers
$20 for 12 and under
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Friday-Sunday, June 7-9, 2013
Mosby Ranger Descendant Reunion:
Friday, June 7, 2013
Mosby and Stuart Talk by Bob O’Neill
Middleburg Baptist Church
209 E. Federal Street
Middleburg, Virginia 20117
Author Robert O’Neill will speak and sign copies of his latest book, Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby; The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg. This talk kicks off the annual Mosby Rangers Descendant Reunion Weekend.
$25 for MHAA members, $30 for nonmembers.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
10:00am – 3:00pm
Mosby Ranger Descendant Reunion
Middleburg Community Center
300 W. Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117
Descendants of Mosby’s Rangers and interested parties gather for a program featuring a roll call by company for Ranger Descendants who rode with Mosby, interpretive presentation, and talks. The program is followed by a buffet lunch catered by the Red Fox Inn. During the afternoon tours of local cemeteries and Mosby sites will be available.
Tickets $25 per person.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
7:30pm
Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee Program: Mosby’s Rangers
Rector House
1461 Atoka Road, Marshall, VA 20115
Stories from the Mosby Heritage Area during the time of the American Civil War are presented in first person by the Gray Ghost Interpretive Group. This entertaining and enlightening program will include stories about the famous Col. John S. Mosby and his Rangers.
Admission: $8 for adults, $4 for students.
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
1:00-4:00pm
Mosby Safe Houses Tour
TBA
Several of the homes that were known to be safe houses for Mosby’s Rangers will be open for tour this afternoon. We will be able to visit Seven Springs, the Hathaway House and Belle Grove. Others may be added before the event.
$30 MHAA members, $40 non members.
For questions contact MHAA at 540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Friday, June 14, 2013 – Sunday, June 16, 2013
Prelude to Gettysburg: 150th Anniversary of the Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville
Villages of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, VA
Friday, June 14, 7:00pm
Unveiling and dedication of plaque in honor of Lynde Walter Buckingham, the only war correspondent killed during the Civil War. This will be followed by Robert O’Neill talking about the Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville.
Admission Fee
Saturday, June 15, Morning
10:00am: Cavalry Skirmish behind Aldie Mill, 39401 John Mosby Highway
Throughout the Village – Meet the miller in the Aldie Mill; Find Union infantry around the mill and on the lawn in front of Berkeley House; Encounter civilian re-enactors roaming the village and in residence at Berkeley House; Experience a Union Hospital at the Presbyterian Church; View an exhibit from the Virginia Historical Society, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia, at the mill.
Saturday, June 15, Afternoon
1:30pm – 3:30pm: Battle of Aldie on Snickersville Turnpike – Confederate and Union cavalry and horse artillery will meet on the Snickersville Turnpike opposite the Furr Farm as they did in June of 1863. Confederate sharpshooters will be positioned behind stone walls as the Union cavalry advance along the turnpike. Robert O’Neill will narrate the action.
3:30pm: Wreath-Laying at 1st Massachusettes Monument – Robert O’Neill speaking
Saturday, June 15, Evening
7:30pm: Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee Program at the Rector House in Atoka – The Gray Ghost Interpretive Group and Company C, 20th Maine will tell stories of life during the Civil War in the Mosby Heritage Area.
Admission Fee
Sunday, June 16, Morning
9:00am: Battle of Middleburg,The Horse in the Civil War at the National Sporting Library and Museum, 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg - There will be an introduction to the Edwin Forbes Exhibit, An Artist Story: Civil War Drawings by Edwin Forbes, followed by a talk by Childs Burden, “Horses of the Civil War.”
10:00am: Battle of Middleburg, Mount Defiance at Mount Defiance Historical Park, 35945 John Mosby Highway, Middleburg – Witness an infantry demonstration and a first-person account of the fight at Mount Defiance and hear a talk, “What Happened at Mount Defiance,” by Childs Burden. There will also be a ribbon cutting ceremony for a Virginia Civil War Trails Sign on the site.
11:15am: Battle of Middleburg at Goose Creek Bridge off the John Mosby Highway at Lemmons Bottom Road west of Middleburg – Fife and drum, cannon, infantry and artillery demonstrations commemorate the fight across Goose Creek Bridge with talk by Eric Buckland.
Sunday, June 16, Noon
12:00 noon: Concert at Buchanan Hall in Upperville by the Tuscarora Brass Band.
Sunday, June 16, Afternoon
2:00pm: Battle of Upperville; Cavalry Re-enactment on Trappe Road, west of Upperville – As a climax to this commemorative weekend, witness the Confederate and Union Cavalry doing battle in the open field along Trappe Road.
The activities for the entire weekend are free to the public except where noted above.
There will be a minimal parking fee charged in Aldie on Saturday morning, at the Furr Farm on Saturday afternoon, and at Trappe Road on Sunday afternoon.
Lunch on Saturday can be found at the Little Apple Pastry Shop and the Aldie Country Store. The Aldie United Methodist Church will sell box lunches.
Lunch on Sunday can be found in the many fine restaurants in Middleburg or Upperville. A packed lunch can be brought and enjoyed at Goose Creek Bridge.
Reservations can be made with the Barn Door BBQ for lunches at Buchanan Hall. Call 540-592-7472 and ask for Kim.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
7:30pm
Cavaliers, Courage & Coffee Program
TBA
Details to follow later.
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Friday, October 4- Sunday, October 6, 2013
16th Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War
Middleburg Community Center
300 W. Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117
The topic for this year’s Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War is Prelude to Gettysburg: The Armies Move North. This award-winning conference, now in its 16th year, gathers experts and historians from around the country for a robust conference, including tours and discussions, focusing on command in the Civil War.
Click here to get a copy our brochure with registration form, a detailed schedule, and information about this year’s speakers.
Tickets:
$425 For entire weekend: Friday two lectures and reception: Saturday six lectures and panel discussion; Saturday continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner at the Red Fox Inn; Sunday bus tour with lunch.
$200 For Friday two lectures and reception: Saturday six lectures and panel discussion; Saturday continental breakfast, lunch and snacks. Does not include Saturday dinner at the Red Fox Inn nor the bus tour and lunch on Sunday.
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Saturday, November 2, 2013
7:30pm
Cavaliers, Courage & Coffee Program
TBA
Stories from the Mosby Heritage Area during the time of the American Civil War are presented in first person by the Gray Ghost Interpretive Group. This entertaining and enlightening program will include stories about the famous Col. John S. Mosby and his Rangers.
$8 for adults, $4 for students
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Sunday, November 10, 2013
The Kennedy's in Middleburg
TBA
Author Vicky Moon will speak on John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy and their homes in Middleburg.
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Chrysanthemum Jubilee
TBA
A Victorian Ball complete with parlor games, the Virginia Reel and various dances, festive libations and a feast. Cocktail attire very welcome, period dress or kilt encouraged. $TBA
540-687-6681 or info@mosbyheritagearea.org
