The Augusta County Historical Society
Upcoming Events
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Diamond Jubilee – 60th Anniversary Fundraiser
SAVE THE DATE!
August 25, 2024 | 5pm-9pmThis year is our 60th Birthday, and you are invited to celebrate it with us! On August 25th, we are hosting a Jubilee at the Historic Blackburn Inn. We will have silent auctions, live auctions, and plenty of other surprises while we eat, drink, and dance the night away!
We cannot wait to see you there!
Come Visit our Galleries and Research Library.
History Gallery hours on the first floor are: W-F 1-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Our office and research library hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 9-12, however, those hours may vary. It is strongly suggested that visitors and researchers make an appointment by either emailing augustachs@ntelos.net or calling 540-248-4151.
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Research requests can be emailed to the archivist team at archivist@augustacountyhs.org
Augusta County’s history is America’s history.
Here in the county that once stretched west to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes…Native Americans clashed with pioneers opening the frontier…Revolutionary War patriots helped secure their nation’s liberty…America’s agricultural revolution began…a future U.S. President was born…Civil War armies vied for control of a state…and great artists shaped their vision.
Indeed, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Cyrus McCormick, Woodrow Wilson, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson all played important roles in our history, but so did Grandma Moses, George Caleb Bingham, Kate Smith, John Coalter ,and William Sheppard. Daniel Boone visited kinfolk here, Santa Anna stopped here, Charles Lindbergh landed here, Erwin Rommel studied here, and Billy Sunday preached here. Even history’s great names like Eisenhower and Lincoln traced their ancestral homes to this county. And, we cannot tell a lie – George Washington slept here.