Stonewall Jackson News

This year's Augusta County Signature Chefs Auction, a March of Dimes benefit, will feature chefs from the region offering samples of their best fare.

Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year.

Actress Sally Field is 63. Director Mike Nichols is 78. Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 77.

HOG chapter's annual toy run today: The Harley Owners Group of Staunton will host its 17th annual Toy Run motorcycle ride Sunday.

Scouts all over the country are getting the word out about upcoming celebrations for their 100th Birthday.

STAUNTON - The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that John Milton Cooper Jr., the foremost Woodrow Wilson scholar in the country and author of a new biography about President Wilson, will be the 2009 annual Luncheon Speaker at noon on Nov.

The dedication of the twenty-first mural in Downtown Dothan will take place on Wednesday, October 14th at 11:00 a.m. at 308 North Foster Street.

The local tradition continues! For the past 24 years, the fine folks of Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee have gathered on the first weekend of October along the streets of Newport, Tennessee for two days of music, food, fun and festivities.

The Shenandoah Valley, once the scene of many battles during the War Between the States, will be the site of the 114th Annual Virginia Division Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy .

Stonewall Jackson was one of the most popular country stars of the early '60s, scoring a string of Top Ten country hits and becoming a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry with a pleading voice that seemed to reflect his hard, often abusive upbringing on a south Georgia dirt farm.

And he does it over at Human Events : One part of America loves her history, another reviles it as racist, imperialist and genocidal.

A variety of old-time music filled the air in Mineral Wells as the inaugural Gathering at Sweet Creek ended its two-day run Saturday.

They're doing their duty to God and country, helping others, obeying the law of the pack and, on Thursday, they're recruiting.

Eight years later, Stephen Lang still remembers Hagerstown for its good restaurants, good bookstores and open arms.

Stonewall Country returns to celebrate its 25th Anniversary at Theater at Lime Kiln for four performances, July 9th through 12th at 7:30pm. The musical retelling of the life of Stonewall Jackson premiered at Lime Kiln in 1984, with music by Robin and Linda Williams and the book by then artistic director Don Baker.

For some, sipping a fresh mint julep transports them to a country porch near Savannah.

The Rockbridge County Council of Garden Clubs is again sponsoring a Small Standard Flower Show in conjunction with The Rockbridge County Fair July 15-19. The design theme this year is "In The City - " Scenes of Lexington". Class titles in the Adult Section are: 1) "Entertainment - " Lime Kiln Theatre"; 2) "Knowledge - " Washington and Lee ...

The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide Countryman Press, $19.95 In this mammoth guide to Civil War sites, author Michael Weeks visited more than 400 places and drove thousands of miles.

"The Jubilee is as much about respect as it is about anything else. It's respecting tradition.

The economy may be affecting tourism around the country, but one hotel in Staunton says its numbers are up.