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June 24: Weaver-Butler-Tliomlilll
Reunion
The Weaver-Butter-Thomhill Family Reunion is scheduled for Sunday, June 24, at the Rappahannock Shelter on Route 522/211 in Washington, Virginia. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish. Disposables furnished. Come earty, stay late. Share fun, fellowship, and memories. For information call Fiances Thornhill at 540-987-8100.
June 24: “The Devils to Pay’*
The Brandy Station Foundation will sponsor this free lecture for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. Civil War. The program will start at 2:00 p.m. While free, donations are welcomed and will be used for operation of the Graffiti House.Mr. John Tote wiH present “The Devils to Pay”. This interesting tak highlights the career of Union cavalry General John Buford, a man of competence, honesty, and humility. The lecture will be held at the Graffiti House, 19484 Brandy Road, in Brandy Station, VA. For directions go to .John Buford graduated from Wbst Point in 1849. He spent 13 years in the U.S. Dragoons on the western frontier before his ability to do effective staff work put him in a series of desk jobs. At the start of the Civil War, General John Rope selected Buford to lead cavalry forces and Buford spent more than a year in the thick of many fights, including all four cavalry battles at Brandy Station and on the first day at Gettysburg. Buford fed the 1st Cavalry Division and the Reserve Brigade across Beverly Ford at the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9,1863. Buford KnoR on this battlefield is named for him. Sadly, five months after the Battle of Gettysburg he dted of typhoid fever in Washington, D.C., depriving the Union of perhaps its finest cavalry officer. John Tote is a historian, musician and performer, who lives in Ftappahannock County. He has had a life-long interest in the Civil War. In recent years John has become especially interested in the importance of character in leadership. A great admirer of Robert E. Lee and Joshua Chamberlain, he has written, taught and lectured on them and other Civil Viter personalities. June 25: Let* make housing affordable
The monthly meeting of the Rappahannock Community Housing Partnership will be Monday, June 25, starting at 7 p.m. at the SchoolHouse in SperryviUe. Contact Lea Vittrtow for more information at 540-341-2805.
June 25: Piedmont Landowners
Association meeting
The monthly meeting of the Piedmont
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