Trinity Lutheran Church, Parish Hall

Join us for African American History Month as Executive Director & Curator Byron C. Smith gives a presentation on Crossroads-Freetown, a community of free African Americans east of Newtown that existed up until the middle of the twentieth century.

In cooperation with the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, we will be offering a lecture presentation on the history of the African Americans in our community. We will hold this event in the Parish Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church in Stephens City (double doors off of main part of parking lot).

As part of the Frederick County Civil War Weekend programming we will be offering this presentation. Mike Kehoe, President of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the Archeology Society of Virginia, will be discussing how relic hunters have assisted professional archaeologists in their efforts to uncover information about Civil War battlefields and campsites.

Executive Director & Curator Byron C. Smith has written an article on the life of Samuel Kercheval, the famed author of the History of the Valley of Virginia, a book that was originally published in 1833 in Winchester, Virginia. Smith’s article has been published in the 2015 issue of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Journal that […]

Newtown History Center Presents: Kenny Rowlette -- Special Projects Coordinator, Jerry Falwell Library and National Civil War Chaplains Museum, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA Two Civil War Topics of Discussion: 11am: War-time Chaplains and U. S. Christian Commission 3pm: Chaplains and Post-War Weddings WHEN: Saturday, August 20, 2016 WHERE: Trinity Lutheran Church, Parish Hall, 810 Fairfax Street, […]