CONTACT PERSON: Barbara Townsend [mailto:<[email protected]>] Ashby's Fort - 1755 is having a Fall 250th Celebration on Saturday October 22 from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday, October 23 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The Garrett College Pipe & Drum Band will lead a parade from the fairgrounds to Ashby's Fort at noon. The Wills creek French & Indian War re-enactors and a horse drawn wagon carrying founding members of the Fort Ashby Chapter DAR will also be in the parade. Tours will be give in Ashby's Barracks, WV Sligo Creek String Band will play inside and there will be a silent auction of hand crafted items from 10 am until 5:00 pm. The Barracks will reopen on Sunday afternoon for tours 1:00 until 5:00. We hope many of you will attend. Location: Village of Fort Ashby Rte 28 between Romney, WV & Cumberland MD (304) 298-3836

For those interested, this year's Berkeley Journal, published by the Berkeley County Historical Society, will be titled "The Civil War in Bunker Hill, Gerrardstown and Darkesville." If you are a member of BCHS, you will get a copy as a benefit of membership. If not, the book should be available to give (or receive) as a Christmas gift and can be purchased through BCHS http://www.bchs.org The 2000 Berkeley Journal, "The Civil War in Berkeley County," has been reprinted and is available now from BCHS. Also the current issue of Blue & Gray magazine features a very nice article about the Battle of Falling Waters in northern Berkeley County, written by BCHS's Gary Gimbel. Don Silvius Berkeley County, WV