An evening with author William Walker Staunton author William “Bill” Walker will thrill the audience with his new book Betrayal at Little Gibraltar: A German Fortress, a Treacherous American General, and the Battle to End World War I. Retired C-SPAN journalist Connie Doebele will moderate the discussion in the same way that she brought authors to audiences’ living rooms for many years on BookTV. A Q&A and audience discussion will follow this 30 minute presentation. Guests will enjoy a  wine and cheese…

What makes summer more enjoyable than art and music and gardens? The Augusta County Historical Society and Heifetz International Music Institute bring them all together this summer with an event you will not want to miss. An exhibit comprised of approximately 50 original botanicals from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, including works by Basilius Besler, Elizabeth Blackwell, Christopher Hills, and Friedrich Bertuch will run from June through August, 2016. The exhibit is free and open to the public. As part of…

Jeff Evans will present a program on Staunton and Augusta County Artisans at the ACHS Fall Meeting Sunday, November 6 at 3 p.m. Augusta County Government Center Verona, Virginia Jeff Evans, President, Principal Auctioneer and Specialist at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, will include new scholarship and research focusing on 19th century cabinetmakers and potters. Evans is a nationally recognized expert in early American glass and 18th and 19th century Shenandoah Valley furniture and decorative arts.…

On December 7, 1941, a Pan Am passenger plane winging over the central Pacific learned that the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor, where they had landed and embarked from the day before the attack. The adventures of the plane and its crew as they worked to escape attack and get home safely make up a little-known but compelling tale. The plane not only had to avoid Japanese aircraft, it had to find safe places to land and refuel on…

Back by popular demand Connie Doebele and Nancy Sorrells  will present their book and documentary video –  Tuesday December 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Mary Baldwin's Francis Auditorium Hope Reborn of War: The Story of a World War II military hospital, a world famous rehabilitation center, and a unique educational community in Fishersville, Va. (the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, Wilson Memorial High School, WWRC, and the tech school) The story of a ground-breaking military hospital and its impact on the people it…