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By Haley Huie
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Liberty Heritage Society in Old Tbwn Warrenton has been a long time coming.
Starting from the time he was a child, museum owner Don Tharpe and his cousin began collecting artifacts the pair found locally. In a transparent container sitting just inside the gallery’s door, the bullets and other small objects now demonstrate Tharpe’s longstanding passion for history.
The just-months-old museum is unique because it hosts rotating exhibits, the first of which focused on the history of Fauquier County and the Civil War.
“It features local personalities that gave their lives for the cause of the Confederacy,” said Tharpe.
The center’s first exhibit closed on Dec. 17, and another that will concentrate on American history from 1200 to 1699 will open on March 21. This display will look at the Piedmont’s role in the era and is set to close on Dec. 21, 2007.
Admission to the exhibit is free, and the museum is open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. Tharpe estimated that more than 600 people had visited the attraction, with a large percentage of those visitors coming from out of town.
The exhibit opened on Warrenton’s Heritage Day - the fruits of Tharpe’s avocational interest in historical research. The center is privately funded and took three months to get ready for exhibition.
In 2005, The Virginia Senate issued a commendation for Tharpe’s historical work with the Liberty Heritage Society, a historical organization, and other various projects.
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