Saturdays, June-October
Except Saturday, September 4
10:00 am - 3:00 p.m.
Caleb Rector House Open for the Summer
The Caleb Rector House at Atoka will be open on Saturdays from June through October from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, except Saturday, September 4. Interpreters will be on hand to talk about the house, its connections to Col. John S. Mosby and General J.E.B. Stuart, and the village of Atoka. On some Saturdays, the interpreter will be in period dress. Admission is free.
The Rector House is located in the village of Atoka, 4 miles west of Middleburg off Route 50 on state route 713. The Rector House is the first house on the left (stone with white and blue trim) on Rt. 713. Physical Address: 1461 Atoka Road, Marshall, VA 20115.
September 2 and 3,
2010
Saving Monticello: Past, Present, and Future
The Mosby Heritage Area Association will sponsor an exclusive two-day fundraising event on September 2 and 3. This event features a special presentation by Leslie Bowman, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and Susan Stein, Monticello’s long-time curator, on Thursday evening, September 2, in Middleburg, and a personal, behind-the-scenes tour of Monticello on Friday, September 3.
On Thursday evening, Ms. Bowman and Ms. Stein will share their insights on Monticello’s past, present, and future at the Shelia C. Johnson Performing Arts Center at The Hill School in Middleburg, Virginia. The evening includes a reception of wine and cheese beginning at 6 p.m. followed by the talk at 7 p.m. and book signing following the talk.
On Friday, September 3, Marc Leepson, author of the book Saving Monticello will lead a bus tour to Thomas Jefferson’s “Essay in Architecture.” Participants will take an exclusive, guided, behind the scenes tour of Monticello—including visits to private second floor bedrooms once occupied by members of Jefferson family, to the iconic dome room on the third floor, which is not open to the public, and to the new, interactive “Crossroads” exhibition under the house. You will see unique interior architectural features, learn about on-going historic restoration efforts, and gain insight into what one of Jefferson’s granddaughters called the “bustle and hurry” of life at Monticello.
This trip also includes a picnic lunch at Monticello and a signed copy of Mr. Leepson’s book.
Tickets for the Thursday evening talk are $150 per person or $250 per couple. Tickets for the Friday bus trip, guided tour, lunch, and a signed copy of Saving Monticello are $175 per person or $300 per couple.
October 1-3, 2010
Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War
Topic: The Battle of Fredericksburg
Date: October 1-3, 2010
Place: Middleburg Community Center, 300 West Washington Street,
Middleburg, VA 20118
Schedule:
Friday, October 1, 2010
4:00pm -Registration, Reception, Book Browsing
5:00pm -Greg Mertz, “Hurry Up and Wait: The Federal Army Initiates the Fredericksburg Campaign”
6:15pm -Frank O’Reilly, “Tale of Two Stone Walls”
Saturday, October 2, 2010
8:00am -Registration, Coffee and snacks
8:30am -Clark B. Hall, “’Tell General Stuart I’m Getting on Fine.’ John Pelham’s Glorious Day at Fredericksburg”
9:45am -Kim Holien, “Burnside at Fredericksburg: Defeated by Both Blue and Gray”
11:00am -Robert K. Krick, “Fredericksburg Under War’s Savage Hell”
12 noon -Lunch
12:45pm -Jeffrey Wert, “Lee and Longstreet at Fredericksburg”
2:00pm -Frank O’Reilly, “Into the Slaughter Pen—The Assaults against Jackson’s Line”
3:15pm -George Rable, “Recrimination, Despair, and Resilience: Union Soldiers Assess the Fredericksburg Campaign”
4:30pm -Panel Discussion and Book Signing
6:15pm -Cash Bar opens at American Legion Hall
7:00pm -Diner served at American Legion Hall
8:00pm -Joseph Bilby, “How the Irish Became Americans: The Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg”
Sunday, October 3, 2010
8:00am -Buses depart for tour of Fredericksburg Battlefield Frank O’Reilly as guide
5:00pm -Return to Middleburg
Registration Fees:
$400 Full Registration for all activities (reception, lunches, snacks, dinner included)
$190 for Friday & Saturday Lectures only (Saturday lunch, not dinner included)
$100 for Angel Level Donation
$500 for Sponsor Level Donation & 1 ticket
$650 for Patron Level Donation & 1 ticket
Click here to download the Mail-in Brochure with registration form
November 06, 2010
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee When Mosby Owned the Night
MHAA’s very successful Cavaliers, Courage, and Coffee program will begin its sixth year in 2010. This family-oriented program features stories of the 1860s including the exploits of Col. John S. Mosby and his Rangers. The Gray Ghost Interpretive Group in period dress tells the stories through the eyes of people who lived during the Civil War in the little village of Rector’s Crossroads (Atoka today). The stories are told by lantern light throughout the village.
Date: November 6, 2010
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Place: Rector House and other locations in the village of Atoka
Theme: To Be Announced
Admission: $5 Adults, $2 Students
November 20, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tour of Antietam Battlefield
On September 16, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the Battle of Antietam, and the single bloodiest day in American military history.
On Saturday, November 20 the Mosby Heritage Area Association will sponsor a tour of the Antietam Battlefield. The tour includes stops at the Dunker Church, Bloody Lane, and Burnside’s Bridge, all key positions during the Battle of Antietam. Garry Adelman, historian, author, and licensed Civil War battlefield guide will lead the tour. Mr. Adelman is the director of History and Education for the Civil War Preservation Trust.
The bus will leave Atoka at 8:30 am and return following the tour at 3:30pm. Lunch will be at the Mumma Farm. Tickets are $95 per person ($75 for MHAA members), which includes the special guided tour, luxury bus transportation and a box lunch.
2010 MHAA Raffle Drawing
Mort Kunstler and P. Buckley Moss have donated prints for a raffle which will raise funds for MHAA’s educational programs. The prints will be expertly framed by Mark Moore of Framecraft in Warrenton, a supporting business member.
Both prints have local historic topics as their themes. The P. Buckley Moss print, “Teddy’s Ride”, depicts President Theodore Roosevelt riding to Warrenton to show his army generals that they were getting too soft, his opinion. While in Warrenton, he had lunch at the Warren Green Hotel that now serves as Fauquier County government offices. After lunch, Roosevelt and his generals returned to Washington having ridden about 100 miles in one day. It is said that Roosevelt did change horses. This print was commissioned for the 250th Anniversary of Fauquier County.
The second print that will be raffled is Mort Kunstler’s “The Gray Ghost”. This Snow Print Edition depicts Col. John S. Mosby and some of his Rangers riding out of Warrenton with the Fauquier County courthouse.
Raffle tickets can be obtained at MHAA events, from the office at Atoka, from Board Members and MHAA’s website, www.mosbyheritagearea.org. Tickets will be $20 per ticket or $100 for 6 tickets. The 6 tickets can be split between the two prints.
The drawing for these prints will be held on Friday, December 3rd at Framecraft in Warrenton at 7:30 pm.
Click here to purchase raffle tickets online.
Click here to purchase raffle tickets by mail
