The Augusta County Historical Society

Upcoming Events

  • The Longest Day June 6, 1944
    Lecture by Retired Brigadier General Theodore Shuey

    Thursday May 16 – 7 pm

    Frontier Culture Museum Dairy Barn Lecture Hall

    Program by retired general Ted Shuey, author, historian, and former commander of the 29th Infantry Division, the unit that received the highest per capita casualties in the country on June 6, 1944. Among Shuey’s credentials are two books, one on the history of the 29th Division and one on the WWII beaches of Normandy.

    Joining the Augusta County Historical Society in sponsoring the program are the Frontier Culture Museum, the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, and the Stonewall Brigade Museum.

    The Longest Day June 6, 1944Lecture by Retired Brigadier General Theodore Shuey

  • Waynesboro’s Ray Abraham Yoder

    Art Educator with a Mission

    Free and Open to the Public.
    First Floor History Gallery Hours

    • Wednesday-Friday 1pm – 4pm
    • Saturday 10am – 4pm
    • Sunday 10am – 2pm
    Waynesboro’s Ray Abraham Yoder

Come Visit our Galleries and Research Library.

History Gallery hours on the first floor are: W-F 1-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Our office and research library hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 9-12, however, those hours may vary. It is strongly suggested that visitors and researchers make an appointment by either emailing augustachs@ntelos.net or calling 540-248-4151.

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Research requests can be emailed to the archivist team at archivist@augustacountyhs.org

Augusta County’s history is America’s history.

restored

Here in the county that once stretched west to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes…Native Americans clashed with pioneers opening the frontier…Revolutionary War patriots helped secure their nation’s liberty…America’s agricultural revolution began…a future U.S. President was born…Civil War armies vied for control of a state…and great artists shaped their vision.

Indeed, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Cyrus McCormick, Woodrow Wilson, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson all played important roles in our history, but so did Grandma Moses, George Caleb Bingham, Kate Smith, John Coalter ,and William Sheppard. Daniel Boone visited kinfolk here, Santa Anna stopped here, Charles Lindbergh landed here, Erwin Rommel studied here, and Billy Sunday preached here. Even history’s great names like Eisenhower and Lincoln traced their ancestral homes to this county. And, we cannot tell a lie – George Washington slept here.