The View from Squirrel Ridge

During the evening at Brycefest, the crowd listened to a Robbie Limon concert and entertained themselves during intermission. Most of them...

Used Book Sale Brycefest attracted a large crowd on Saturday. It's an annual festival held at Bryce Resort on Independence Day We...

Charlie slips past Ben but then becomes curious. "Hmmm... why isn't he barking at me?"

In Frederick County, VA Not far from Front Royal. See DGIF map .

The examples of Civil War graffiti at Brandy Station are impressive. Some pieces were sold when they were first uncovered; the first image i...

I've visited the museum at Brandy Station before but I was happy to tour it again at the end of our Civil War field trip.  It's loca...

Brandy Station Battlefield Our final lecture of the day was at Fleetwood Hill. I'll let the sign tell the story. Here the old...

Our class caravanned to Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock for a picnic lunch and a lecture about the ford's role in the Battle of Br...

The Culpeper Regional Airport is at Brandy Station next to the position where Confederate artillery stood. On the Friday that we visited the...

This spring's Civil War tours with Dr. Poland dealt with Jeb Stuart and cavalry battles leading up to Gettysburg. On the first day ...

Brandy Station is a town near Culpeper, Virginia. This is Christ Church on Alanthus Road.

"Every generation rewrites history. We judge the past by today's standards." ~ Charles P. Poland, Jr. On why he provides a fra...

I shot the short video and photo of the lower North Fork near Waterlick, Virginia. View other pictures of the North Fork: Red Banks in Au...

Warrenton, Virginia If you follow Business 15 into Warrenton, you'll find a historical marker near the house shown here. Here are excerp...

Mt. Jackson Garden Club Meeting Last month's meeting of the Mount Jackson Garden Club was held at Sunflower Cottage in Reliance. Norma...

My father lived from 1916 to 2000. Born and raised in Michigan, he graduated from the University of Chicago. That's where he met my moth...

The Fort Valley Museum is open on weekends from Memorial Day weekend through October. The museum is in the brick building on the left. It...