History Symposium 1864 ~ Grant Comes to Washington and Mosby Responds

On Saturday, Nov. 1, Fauquier County Sesquicentennial Committee will present a free Civil War History symposium commemorating the year of 1864 during the American Civil War.

The Symposium will be the last major event in 2014 organized by the Fauquier County Sesquicentennial Committee during the state’s commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War.  The commemoration period began in 2009 and will come to a close in 2015 in parallel with the end of the Civil War with Lee’s surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865.

The event will take place at the John Barton Payne building in Old Town Warrenton, and will consist of interesting national and local speakers with Civil War topics, followed by a Camp Dance in the late afternoon.  A $10.00 donation per person and a student rate of $5.00 will be collected at the door for the Camp Dance and the proceeds will be used by the Sesquicentennial Committee for the final Symposium in 2015 entitled The Destiny of the Tattered Flag. Period clothing invited but not required for the Camp Dance.

All are welcome to attend!

Date:  November 1, 2014
Location:  John Barton Payne Building

Schedule of Events
10:00 - Welcome and reception
Ongoing display - Kennedy’s Historical Guns
10:15 - General Grant and Colonel Mosby ~ Living History Conversation
10:45 - Ken Garrett – Journey Through Hallowed Ground Photographer will speak about the Mosby Confederacy connected sites he has photographed
11:45 - Mrs. Lee Remembers Col. Mosby - Paula Johnson
12:15 - Jim Flanagan - Lunchbox presentation
1:15 - David Blake - Colonel Mosby at Buckland Farm
1:45 - Donald Tharpe – Grant Comes to Washington
2:15 - Local historian Dave Goetz presents Dolly Richards, who returns to Warrenton in 1899 to tell stories of his reminiscences of Colonel Mosby and discuss the dark days of 1864, atrocities and the burning of the Loudoun Valley.
2:50 - Mr. Goetz will give a 45-minute walking tour of Mosby-related sites in Old Town Warrenton, beginning and ending at the John Marshall statue on Main Street
3:30 - Shenandoah Valley Minstrels – Music
3:45 - Camp Dance - Tom and Lesley Mack Dance Masters
4:30 - Break – Punch and cookies will be served
5:00 - Camp Dance - Second Set