Don, Thanks for your good work with all of this. Clark Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <dsilvius@tlcdelivers.com> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:10 AM Subject: [VASHENAN] Updates to Shenandoah County GenWeb site > Hello, > > I have been adding an accumulation of various contributions and > discoveries to the site, some just correcions to erroneous data and > some are very visible items. All these items are equally important > to those of you who use the site, so anything you'd like to add, > please feel free to send them to me. > > Additions are listed at > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/cem/whatsnew.html>. > > Among today's additions are a list of Confederates buried in Holly > Circle at Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock. > > On Saturday, 25 Oct, I was part of an honor guard in a ceremony > honoring the placing of an Iron Cross on the grave of Private Henry > Clay Singleton of Co. I of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, who was killed > 19 Oct 1864 at the battle of Cedar Creek. This cross, of which > many may be found in Shenandoah County cemeteries, was > placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Petersburg, > VA, and the honor guard was made up of members of the Sons of > Confederate Veterans from Martinsburg, WV and Leesburg, VA. > > I will tell you that it was a special feeling to wear that Confederate > uniform and to participate in the honoring of someone's ancestor for > paying the ultimate price to defend his home. Approximately 40-50 > people, many relatives of Private Singleton, were in attendance and > I am to receive photos of the ceremony, which I will place on the > website to share with you. > > I have also added approximately forty new tombstone photos for > Massanutten Cemetery, primarily Confederate soldiers from Holly > Circle. > > I plan to soon add a few cemetery lists from Frederick County > which lie very close to the county line and have many Shenandoah > County folk buried therein, first to be added will be Gravel Springs > Cemetery, which I hope to complete some time today or tonight. > > Just to make this information available, if any descendants of > Confederate (or Union) veterans are interested, I can get you the > information needed to join the Sons of Confederate Veterans or the > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, both of which I am a > member. These are historical preservation organizations and > nothing else, and after all, genealogy IS the personalization of > history. > > Again, any information you would like to contribute to the site is > welcome. > > thanks for your continuing support, > > Don > > > Don Silvius > Co-coordinator > Shenandoah County, Virginia GenWeb Project > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html> > > The 2nd annual Shenandoah County Heritage Day > is Saturday April 10, 2004, at the Edinburg Fire > Hall, Edinburg, VA, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. >