by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Feb 23, 2018 | History
Born less than a week after the American Civil War Battle of Waynesboro in March 1865, William Henry Sheppard is the most notable native of Waynesboro. Both erudite and religious he had a sense of adventure that led him as a missionary to Africa where he laid witness...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jun 9, 2015 | History
Ask any professional wrestling fan who Vince McMahon is, they all will surely know. But not many people know that Vince McMahon, the professional wrestling promoter and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment who was once listed in Forbes being personally worth more...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jun 6, 2015 | History
For more than 60 years, Durland Mustain was a fixture in downtown Waynesboro where he repaired and sold all types of watches. His subtle craftsmanship was refined by his early love of work on watches and clocks. He received form training at a watch repair school in...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 27, 2015 | History
The Stonewall Brigade Band was created prior to the Civil War, over a hundred and fifty years ago. It is now a community band that calls Staunton, Virginia home and is the oldest continuous community band in the nation. In 1854, David W. Drake organized a musical...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 16, 2015 | History
The two-time defending Valley League champion Waynesboro Generals are preparing for their 93rd season of baseball in 2015. The Generals franchise traces its roots to 1923, which for local history buffs is noteworthy as the year that voters in Waynesboro and Basic City...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Apr 28, 2015 | History
Ruth Swortzel Porter shares with us the history of the German School just outside of Waynesboro in Augusta County. She is a descendant of the Hildebrands and her article is wonderfully researched. On July 25th 1823, seven leaders of the Mennonite community around...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Nov 10, 2014 | History
Now you can watch the new documentary by Alpha Vision Films, In This Land: The Camp Lyndhurst Saga from the comfort of home. Directed and produced by James Overton, we step back in time when German POW’s from World War II were kept at a camp in Lyndhurst,...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Aug 1, 2014 | History
Have you ever wondered while driving by or down Mule Academy Road in Fishersville how it got its name? Many years ago, a man living down the then dirt road in the hollow did indeed train mules to do many chores. They were an economic necessity and he had a thriving...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jun 10, 2014 | History
During the long, hot afternoon of June 10, 1864, a column of Union cavalry under Brigadier General A. N. Duffie pushed southward along Back Creek searching for the gap through the ridge to the headwaters of the Tye River. (Today his path is State Route 814 through...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Mar 30, 2014 | History
At the time that it was built, 1890, the Brandon Hotel was in Basic City, not yet a part of Waynesboro. It opened on Thanksgiving Day to a grand feast and a brass band from Charlottesville. Two hundred people were invited and four hundred showed up. It was the...
