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Welcome to the Shenandoah Valley. Although definitions vary, the Shenandoah Valley today is generally considered to run from the West Virginia counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, where the Shenandoah River joins the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, to points south of Lexington, Virginia.

Located at the Virginia Museum of the Civil War I-81 Exit 264 in New Market, Va.
511: Rt. 682E (Rockingham County) at Friedens Church Rd
Description:On Rt. 682 (Friedens Church Rd) in Rockingham County, in the vicinity of Cross Keys Rd; VA-276N/S, a vehicle accident. The east through lanes are closed. The west through lanes are closed.Last updated:Sat 05/25/2013 11:27 PM EDT
511: I-81S at MM 285
Description:I-81 at mile 285 in Shenandoah County, a disabled vehicle. The south right shoulder is closed.Last updated:Sat 05/25/2013 11:31 PM EDT
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Things to do...
May 26--Theater performance at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va.
May 27--Guided Civil War walking tour in Winchester, Va.
May 27--Theater performance at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va.
May 27--Loudoun Street Mile fitness event in Winchester, Va.
May 28--Art exhibition at Washington and Lee University
May 28--Art exhibit at The Art Group Gallery in Mt. Jackson, Va.
May 28--Art exhibition at Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, Va.
May 28--Theater performance at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va.
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Tour 1
Northern Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley: Orchards, Civil War, and an Old Railroad Station
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Tour 2
Charles Town to Shepherdstown, via Harpers Ferry
John Brown’s body, Civil War destruction, a view “worth a voyage across the Atlantic,” and a very early steamboat
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Tour 3
Log, limestone, and brick--a microcosm of early Valley architecture
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Tour 4
White Post to Berryville via Millwood
Clarke County, “The most English county in the Valley”
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Tour 5
Strasburg to Front Royal, via Fort Valley
Over the river and through the woods...
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Tour 6
Up and over Great North Mountain (not for the faint of heart)
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Tour 7
Edinburg to Mount Jackson, via Singers Glen and New Market
Ancient roads, old mills, a musical village, and mountain vistas
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Tour 8
Harrisonburg to Port Republic
Heart of the Shenandoah Valley
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Tour 9
Fort Valley to Page Valley and Luray
A hidden valley, scenic drives, a rolling river, a dramatic cavern
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Tour 10
Staunton to Steeles Tavern
Historic homes, Shakespeare, a folk life museum, and an inventor’s farm
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Tour 11
Monterey to Goshen Pass, via Hot Springs
Maple syrup, sheep, mineral spring baths, and no stop lights
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Tour 12
Lexington and Natural Bridge
Jefferson’s stone bridge, an old canal, and two historic colleges
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Tour 12
Southern Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley: A preserved 1800s village, an abandoned canal, and two C&O railroad towns
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Josephine School Community Museum recalls African American history in Clarke County, Va.
African Americans share roots among other cultural groups who settled the Shenandoah Valley. Unlike the other groups, of course, nearly all African Americans were brought to this part of Virginia against their will. Just outside Berryville, Va., the Josephine School Community Museum commemorates the journey of a tiny, but not forgotten village from its founding by former slaves to the 1960s Civil Rights and school desegregation era.
While some historians have observed that slavery may not have been very popular in parts of the Shenandoah Valley, slave labor was a fact of life on 18th and 19th century plantation farms. After the American Civil War, many former slaves and freed people who lived in the Valley would realize how important both community and education would be for the betterment of their new lives.
One such group purchased land from one of the plantation-farm owners in the late 1800s and formed their own, segregated community just outside the town of Berryville, Va., in Clarke County. Josephine City had its own stores, churches, and one school, according to Josephine School Community Museum volunteer member, Dorothy Davis. And because at that time, the citizens of Josephine City were not very welcome in Berryville, she says, the community became self-sustaining and very cohesive. More...
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