I've been "out of it" for a while. As always, lots going on behind the scenes. I'll be catching up over the next week so so. Here's the f...

The Waynesboro Heritage Museum (where I serve on the board) recently went "live" with their online collections database using Past Perfec...

My home is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (in the background here). This is looking east, Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Why woul...

History is so much more than abstract theory and politics which, unfortunately, seems to be the primary focus of today's 'progressive' hi...

Fellow detectorist, preservationist and Virginian, Bill Dancy, has written a comprehensive book about colonial artifacts in Virginia. I...

I’ve been so busy and it’s been so hot here in Virginia recently, I’ve done very little relic hunting this summer. But I can only go so l...

I remember it so well. I was 11 years old. Many of my family members were impacted.

Our oldest daughter is an accomplished, strong young woman; a wife and mother of four beautiful girls. She holds a bachelor's degree (wit...

Summer reading with my grandchildren: “I have told you what it was like for me when I was growing up. Although much would change, someth...

Indeed it is. And long overdue. [Don't subtract, add.] "Handprints are visible in some of the University of Virginia’s oldest bricks. Un...

Starting slow, but with the history and beauty that I'm surrounded by here in western Virginia, along with the relics and bones we'll be ...

Joseph A. Waddell wrote a rich history of Augusta County, Virginia: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia - From 1726 to 1871. Trained as a...

Fascinating read offering many different perspectives; some competing. The chapter titled "Local History: A Way to Place and Home" by his...

I finally got around to finding someone who is able to transcribe my great-grandfather's journal. His handwriting is somewhat challenging...

“Men used to build and create as much for future generations as for their own needs, so their tools have a special message for us and ou...

He buried history to save it . . . On the 12th of June, 1864, Union General David Hunter ordered the burning of Virginia Military Institu...

Several weeks ago, I posted a "preservation alarm" about the Jefferson, aka, Warm Springs Pools. I, along with many other folks familiar w...

The Waynesboro Heritage Foundation and Museum (where I serve as VP of the board), recently received a very generous donation. Local phila...

“Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” ~ Mark Twain I’ve heard theologians and preach...

“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they ...