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Calendar
July 1 Groundbreaking Ceremony, Old School Auditorium. 10 a.m., 40222 Fairfax Street, Waterford. July 3 Independence Day Potluck Dinner and Fireworks. Beginning at 6 p.m., sponsored by the Waterford Citizens Association. July 4 Independence Day Parade. 11 a.m., Waterford, sponsored by the Waterford Citizens Association.
July 6
Documentary premiere: Valor in the Streets: The Battle of Hagerstown, 7 p.m., Bridge of Life Center, 14 South Potomac Street, Hagerstown. Contact 301-791-3246, ext. 10, to purchase tickets.
July 13 Old School Construction Community Meeting. 7 p.m., John Wesley Community Church, Waterford.
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Security at Foundation buildings
Over the Memorial Day weekend, several items went missing from the John Wesley Church. Although nothing of value was taken, the church was being rented for a wedding, and the bride and her family were especially troubled by this incident. So was the Foundation's Properties Committee, which requested that Foundation staff contact the sheriff's office. An officer came immediately and advised the Foundation to change the locks. He also advised us to bar the windows and severely limit access to keys in the future. The unauthorized entry and theft are distresing for several reasons: Remedying the problem is expensive, and it raises liability and insurance issues. And in this instance, the building was contracted to a renter for a very special occasion. The Foundation wants to share its properties when appropriate, but we must know at all times who is using them. We intend to do all we can to prevent similar incidents. Please let us know if you see suspicious behavior on any of the Foundation's properties. We need your help to protect them. |
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Board of Directors
Bonnie Getty, President
Walter A. Music, Vice-President
Margaret Bocek, Secretary
Warren Hayford, Treasurer
David W. Chamberlin
Taylor M. Chamberlin
Charlotte Gollobin
Warren Hayford
Melanie Lockwood Herman
Thomas Hertel
Hans Hommels
Debbie Morris
W. Brown Morton
Keith Nusbaum
Phil Paschall
Patti Psaris
Amy V. Smith
Susan Honig Rogers
Bronwen C. Souders
Jim Sutton
Miriam Westervelt
Staff
Nancy Doane
Executive Director
Margaret Good
Director,
Properties & Land Use Programs
Kathleen Hughes
Manager, Development Programs
Fran Holmbraker
Fair Chair
Mary Kenesson
Fair Assistant
Martha Polkey
Communications & Operations Coordinator
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NOTE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Join us for the groundbreaking
at the Waterford Old School
Please come help us celebrate as we break ground on the Old School Auditorium at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 1. We'll thank all our supporters and generous donors, who have helped us through four and a half years of planning and fundraising for the return of the auditorium, a center of Waterford community life.
Next, our Waterford friends and neighbors are invited to a community meeting at 7 p.m. July 13 at the John Wesley Community Church, where Waterford Foundation Board members and the Old School Steering Committee will provide information about construction of the auditorium. Information on the construction schedule, work hours, points of contact for queries, will be provided, as will answers to your questions about this project.
 We hope to keep the traffic, noise, and any dust as confined to the Old School property as possible, to minimize the disturbance to our neighbors.
When it is finished, the Old School will become the Foundation's office and proud new home of our educational programs like the Waterford Fair and the Concert Series, and the meetings, parties, classes and fun that made this building such a vital part of our community.
We hope you're able to join us!
--Nancy J. Doane
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Second Street School Program concludes 27th year
The slates are clean, the quill pens stored, and the readers neatly stacked. The new flag stands in the corner.
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Students dressed in period clothing greet Miss Nickens.
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The 27th year of the Second Street School Living History Program concluded early this month, with a very full 2010-2011 schedule: 51 classes of fourth graders from 15 schools in and outside of Loudoun County, more than 1,200 students this session passing through the front door of the one-room schoolhouse built in 1867.
Program coordinator Judy Jackson and docents Mary Ellen Megeath, Elsa Anders, Betty Cox, Donna Wolfersberger, Gerri Davis, Nancy VanZandt, Sandy Lund, and Debbie Strange each assumed the role of schoolteacher Miss Nickens, leading the children through a typical morning in an 1890s one-room schoolhouse: penmanship, ciphering, recitation, geography, and history.
One highlight of this spring's session, Jackson notes, was the attendance of a student whose grandfather, great-grandfather and many other relatives attended the Second Street School in the years before it closed in 1957. R.J. Reynolds, from Balls Bluff Elementary, sat in the classroom where Grandfather Raymond Wallace Sr. learned to read, and saw the plaque dedicating the building to another relative, Louise Mallory. R.J.'s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth Wallace lived in Wisteria Cottage in Waterford.
This acclaimed program, through the generosity of volunteers and donors, remains free to schoolchildren in Loudoun and beyond.
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Waterford Civil War Day marks start
of sesquicentennial observances
Union and Confederate reenactors, cavalry and color guard brought history to life for Waterford residents and visitors on May 21 as Waterford Civil War Day was marked by dedication of two historic markers, talks, and a wreath-laying ceremony in this village that saw so much strife from 1861 to 1865. Thanks to the Education and Cultural Events Committee for all their work on this event. And thanks to all who captured the event digitally. Below are some of their images.
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The cavalry approaches. [Photo by Johannes Latsch]
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Blue and Grey at the dedication. [Photo by Johannes Latsch]
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At the Union of Churches cemetery, Rev. Elijah White, descendant of Col. E.V. White, listens as the bugler blows. [Photo by Danya Dale]
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Loudoun Rangers cavalry members. [Photo by Mary Dudley]
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Waterford resident Taylor Chamberlin, descendant of Union supporters. [Photo by Sky Richardson]
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Filmed in Waterford
The documentary film shot partly in Waterford last September has its premier on July 6 in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Valor in the Streets: The Battle of Hagerstown will premier at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6 at the Bridge of Life Center, 14 South Potomac Street, in Hagerstown. This 30-minute video, produced by the City of Hagerstown for its cable  television station, relates the story of the large urban cavalry battle that occurred on the city's streets during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg on July 6, 1863. Hosted by national news personality Kelly Wright, the video uses historic photos, maps, interviews with noted historians, and staged action footage using Civil War living historians to relate the events that occurred exactly 148 years before the day of the premier.
To preorder tickets ($5 each and first come, first served), email the Hagerstown/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau or phone at 301-791-3246, ext. 10. Tickets will be available at the door if it is not sold out in advance. |
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P.O. Box 142 Waterford, Virginia 20197 540.882.3018
www.waterfordfoundation.org
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