Brandy Station Foundation Presents
Civil War History Programs at the Graffiti House

Lest We Forget:
Come and experience a program at the Graffiti House.  Experience the history of the Civil War in this area!

Support our History!
Learn it!

The programs are geared to most all ages, but, due to our limited facilities, inappropriate for very young children.

The 2009 Lecture Program

  • The lectures are the last Sunday of each month, March through October, from 2:00 to 3:15 P.M. at the Graffiti House. (Click for directions.)

  • A tax deductible donation of $5 for adults is requested; all proceeds benefit the Foundation’s efforts to preserve the Brandy Station Battlefield and the Graffiti House.

  • No advance reservations necessary

  • Light refreshments are served.

  • For more information on these events please call (540) 727-7718.
When
 		 Topic Presenter
April 26
 		 "The Emergence of Grant" Richard Deardoff
May 31
 		 "The Courts-Martial of Lt. Col. Henry Clay Pate Joseph McKinney
June 28
 		 "Three Years a Soldier" Richard Griffin
July 26
 		 Reconciliation: "The Postwar  Relationship Between John Singleton Mosby and Ulysses S. Grant" Dave Goetz
August 30
 		 "Walt Whitman's Civil War Melissa Delcour
September 27
 		 "The Civil War in Culpeper Through the Eyes of Artists and Photographers"
 		 Michael Block
October 25
 

"Music of the Civil War"

 Evergreen Shade
 

 2009 Battlefield Tours

The BSF offers a series of  tours, each devoted to one of the four engagements that comprise the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863. The tours begin Saturday, April 4, 2009, and continue every other Saturday to September 5, 2009. 

 

  • Each tour begins at 10:00 am at the Graffiti House and ends there at noon. (Click for directions)

  • Admission is $10 for adults; children under 12 are free;  all proceeds benefit the Foundation’s efforts to preserve the Brandy Station Battlefield and the Graffiti House.

  • No advance reservations necessary

  • Tour guides are volunteers from the Foundation

  • Tours need not be taken in order.

  • For further info contact Gary Wilson at (540) 547-4106, or email him a wilsonga@vabb.com.

The tours are: (Click for details)

  • Beverly Ford and St. James Church   (April 4, May 30, July 25)

  • Kelly's Ford and Stevensburg   (April 18, June 13, Aug 8)

  • Fleetwood Hill   (May 2, June 27, Aug 22)

  • Buford Knoll & Yew Ridge   (May 16, July 11, Sept 5)

 

 

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