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Welcome to the Augusta County Historical Society
Wouldn’t your family & friends
enjoy the gift of history?
"Old Bags of Augusta County"
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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.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Augusta County Historical Society is to study, collect, preserve, publish, educate about, and promote the history of Augusta County and its communities. The society also strives to make the citizens of Augusta County aware of their heritage.
Office Hours and Directions
Office Phone — (540) 248-4151
Office hours — T, TH, F, 9 a.m. - Noon
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 686, Staunton, VA 24402
Email: augustachs@ntelos.net
 Directions to office:
The Augusta County Historical Society is now located on the third floor of the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. This restored 19th-century railroad hotel is located at 20 South New Street in downtown Staunton. A parking garage is located across the street from the center, which houses a research library, classrooms, a lecture hall, and two exhibit galleries.
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Next Board Meeting: March 10, 6:00
Big Read Keynote Address
Speaker: Sam Weller, Biographer of Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451
R. R. Smith Center
Tuesday, March 9, Free
R. R. Smith Center Exhibit Gallery
"Burning Words" - The Big Read Examines Fahrenheit 451
Opening Tuesday, March 9 - Free
Stuart Series Lecture
"The West Augusta Guard: Interpreting Heritage Through Living History"
R. R. Smith Center
Thursday, March 11, 7:00
$5 -Free to Members
more info.....
Annual Spring Banquet
and Silent Auction
Featured Speaker: Bud Robertson
"Bringing Light from Darkness: VA Marks the Civil War Sesquicentennial"
Stonewall Jackson HotelÂ
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
$5
more info and order form.....
ACHS Day Trip to Winchester
More Info and Fee TBA
Saturday, May 15
Annual Spring Meeting
Featured Speaker: Ann Whisnant
"A Super-Scenic Motorway" The Blue Ridge Parkway Celebrates 75 Years
Summit Square, Waynesboro
May 16, 3:00
ACHS Day Trip to Lexington
More Info and Fee TBA
Wednesday, July 21
ACHS Trip to Eastern Kentucky
Details and Fee TBA
August 20-22
Now at the Smith Center Gift Shop:
"Old Bags of Augusta County" Merchandise
Just Announced:
The student admission charge to Stuart Series Lectures is only $1.
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