by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Feb 14, 2014 | History
This week, just in time for Valentine’s Day, two love letters were discovered inside the old News Virginian building on Main Street hill. There are no dates or exact names mentioned in the love letters. Before the building was used as the offices for the News...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jan 15, 2014 | History
By Shawn Decker In the 1980s a deadly untreatable illness called HIV was making the headlines across the nation. Much was not known about the disease at the time. It carried with it the stigma and fear that comes naturally when people and their community are faced...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jan 8, 2014 | History
Among the ranks of common soldiers are those who, perhaps for only a fleeting moment, display uncommon valor above and beyond the call of duty and are singled out for the nation’s highest aware for combat heroism, the Medal of Honor. Deep in the archives of the...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Dec 18, 2013 | History
Was he insane “mad?” Was he angry “mad?” Was he reckless “mad?” The Revolutionary War hero had a fiery temperament and was a strict disciplinarian who demanded obedience and loyalty from his men. But he was also loyal to his troops and was constantly...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Nov 20, 2013 | History
It was a Friday when the news started to trickle in through television and radio. At first it seemed like some sort of sick joke and then it was followed by horror. When that evening’s News Virginian found its way to door steps all around Waynesboro the large...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Nov 14, 2013 | History
In reality, it was Hippert vs. Plumb. According to the Chancery Court records of 1884, George Washington Hippert of Waynesboro, sought to prevent John Plumb, also of Waynesboro, from firing up his brick kiln in the coming summer. Mr. Hippert claims that in the summer...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Oct 28, 2013 | History
Many men from Waynesboro and the surrounding areas have served their country bravely when they were called to war. Often when it comes to the historical records of who served in America’s wars the records are found to be incomplete or are lost over time for...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Oct 27, 2013 | History
You’ve heard the stories and seen the signs: “George Washington Slept Here.” Did Washington sleep here? An account by W. W. Barnwell in his Historical Highlights of Waynesboro and Vicinity, states that: “It has also come down from some obscure source that George...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Sep 18, 2013 | History
We have to applaud the early explorers for their bravery, determination, perseverance, and fearlessness of the unknown elements, terrain, disease, and beasts. Without them, we would not have civilization in this area as we know it today. As early as 1669 and 1670 John...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Aug 26, 2013 | History
General Anthony Wayne and his family estate of Waynesborough in Chester County, Pennsylvania are synonymous in acquiring our namesake. In tribute, the General Wayne Hotel was erected and was host to many important figures – General and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower,...
