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    1. [VASHENAN] Updates to Shenandoah County GenWeb site
    2. 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

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