Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society


Harrisonburg - Rockingham County Historical Society
2008 Calendar of Events

Fall 2008 Lecture Series

All regular programs are held at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham HistoricalSociety in Dayton at 7:00 p.m.

Contact Mary Nelson or Richard Martin at the
Heritage Center in Dayton (540-879-2616) for more information.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

7:00pm, HRHS in Dayton

Speakers: Dale MacAllister, President, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical
Society; Retired Science Teacher, Rockingham County Public Schools
Shelvie Carr, Former President, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society; Retired Social Studies Teacher, Rockingham County Public Schools
Topic:  Local Wedding Traditions & Attire

This program is the culmination of several summer activities which have focused around our current exhibit "Valley Weddings, Then & Now, 1870-2008". Dale will share research & folklore related to local wedding traditions in Rockingham County & the rest of the Valley. Shelvie will share information about wedding gowns & attire.

OCTOBER 1, 2008

@ JMU Festival Highlands Room

Annual Society Banquet @ JMU Festival Building, Highlands Room 


Speaker:  Dr. Peggy Shifflett, Author & Retired Professor of Sociology &
Anthropology, Radford University
Topic:  Childhood in Appalachia

Peggy Shifflett is writing her third book Annie Over: Everyday Childhood in Appalachia. She's a retired Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Radford University where she taught from 1986 to 2005. A native of Rockingham County in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, Peggy has devoted her life to understanding rural America and Appalachia.

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

7:00pm, HRHS in Dayton

Speakers:
Lucinda Cooke, President-Elect, Augusta County Historical Society
C. W. Grandle, Executive Director, Grandle Funeral Home, Broadway, VA
Topic: Mourning Customs & Undertaking

Lucinda Cooke, who recently portrayed a Civil War widow at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, will present information on local Victorian mourning customs. C. W. Grandle comes from a long line of undertakers in the Broadway area of Rockingham County. He will share information & stories from his family.

Other events

August 23, 2008

The 2nd annual 5K run/walk will be held at  @ 8am with proceeds benefitting the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. Click here for more information.

* The lectures generally take place at 7:00 pm in the Margaret Grattan Weaver Lecture Hall in at the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art and Heritage Center in Dayton, Virginia unless otherwise stated. Directions are available online. Society members and the public are welcome. For more information, call the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society at 540-879-2616 or email heritage@heritagecenter.com.

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