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Giles County Historical Society: Dixie
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Monday, June 4, 2012. The life of a Civil War soldier was often difficult, from inferior clothing and equipment to scarce and barely edible rations, to the crushing monotony of camp life. Many of the soldiers tried to distract themselves by singing and playing instruments. The resulting music became a legacy of the conflict. Music provided a much-needed diversion for both Union and Confederate armies. It was used to rally troops, as recreation, and to march by, among other reasons. When the number of ban...
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Giles County Historical Society: December 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011. Local Historians Awarded Virginia Volunteer Award By The VGS. Temple Lawrence(left) and Ruth Blevins are pictured in the Giles County Historical Society Research Library. They will jointly receive the Virginia Volunteer Award for 2012, sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society. The Research Office is open Thursday afternoons from noon to 5 pm Genealogy questions can also be addressed via emailed at. There is a fee for on-line queries which require extensive research. It's ...
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Giles County Historical Society: Civil War Weekend offers something for everyone
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Monday, June 4, 2012. Civil War Weekend offers something for everyone. On Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, parts of Pearisburg will be transformed into scenes from the most momentous period in the nation’s history. The Giles County Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee is hosting a series of events to commemorate the 150. Anniversary of the Battle of Giles Court House. Visitors will have an opportunity to observe and interact with soldiers from both sides in camp, in training, and in action. Following ...
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Giles County Historical Society: Expert on regional brick architecture
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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Expert on regional brick architecture. Little is known about the architect and brick mason who built the Andrew Johnston House in 1829, but that is not true of other homes and buildings in the Roanoke and New River Valleys. On Thursday, August 2 at 7:00 pm at the Giles County Historical Society, Michael J. Pulice will talk about his ten-year study of the Deyerle family and their impact on 19. Century brick architecture in the region. Pulice’s book, Nineteenth-Century Brick ...
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Giles County Historical Society: Dots and dashes Telegraph Machine
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Dots and dashes Telegraph Machine. The importance of telegraphy in US history in the nineteenth century cannot be understated. Before that period, messages could only be transmitted physically, such as by mail or courier, or visually. As the message had to be encoded, Morse and his partner, Alfred Vail, also developed the Morse code signaling alphabet for use with the electric telegraph. WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT. The Morse/Vail telegraph quickly spread across the country with the ov...
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Giles County Historical Society: July 2012
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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Expert on regional brick architecture. Little is known about the architect and brick mason who built the Andrew Johnston House in 1829, but that is not true of other homes and buildings in the Roanoke and New River Valleys. On Thursday, August 2 at 7:00 pm at the Giles County Historical Society, Michael J. Pulice will talk about his ten-year study of the Deyerle family and their impact on 19. Century brick architecture in the region. Pulice’s book, Nineteenth-Century Brick ...
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Giles County Historical Society: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb to speak at the Palisades. Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb to speak at the Palisades. The Giles County Historical Society will present an evening talk and book signing by New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb on Tuesday, March 27th, at 7:00pm at the Palisades Restaurant in Eggleston. The event is free and open to the public. The Civil War in the Southern mountains as a local reenactors group plans a mock skirmish in their community.
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Giles County Historical Society: April 2012
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Thursday, April 26, 2012. What did Giles County look like 160 years ago? What did Giles County look like 160 years ago? A new exhibit at the Historical Society Museum portrays a landscape much like today, with picturesque farms and areas of great natural beauty. “On the Eve of War: Artists’ Views of Giles County in the Mid-Nineteenth Century”. Features the work of Edward Beyer and Lewis Miller, who recorded their impressions of Giles in the 1850’s. His charming sketches of excursions into Giles County by...
