2021 Speakers Series
Presentations begin at 7 pm, followed by a Q&A session ending around 8:30pm. The May and June Speaker Series presentations will be via Zoom. To register and receive a Zoom link, please email hsc1786@gmail.com.
- Shepherdstown in the Civil War: One Vast Confederate Hospital, September, 18625/12Kevin Pawlek, Historic Site Manager for Prince William County Historic Preservation Division and Certified Battlefield Guide at Antietam National Battlefield and Harpers Ferry National Historic Park (presentation details)
- The C & O Canal: Surprising Truths and Colorful Myths6/23Dr. Karen Gray, Volunteer Historian, C & O Canal National Historical Park
- The Ladies Garland: The Story of an 1820’s Jefferson County Women’s Magazine9/8Dr. Dianne Roman, Graphic Designer and Print Historian
- Love Begins at Home10/13Austin and Carmen Slater, owners of the Christian Clise House, 100 West New Street in Shepherdstown, recount their experience renovating this 18th century gem.
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bts4hsm2021-05-22 19:41:062021-05-29 15:40:59Day Book of Henry Bedinger
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bts4hsm2021-05-22 19:35:082021-05-29 15:31:33Invoice Book of Henry Bedinger
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bts4hsm2021-02-04 18:37:052021-02-05 22:50:42The General's Table
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bts4hsm2020-06-06 17:30:212020-06-06 20:19:50C. M. Entler 1852 Diary
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bts4hsm2018-04-21 19:57:132018-07-21 16:27:30John James Abert
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bts4hsm2018-04-21 19:43:062018-04-21 20:07:14Silver Spoons
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bts4hsm2017-02-14 20:36:192017-02-14 20:37:01Eleazer Hutchinson Miller
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bts4hsm2016-09-05 14:32:582017-02-07 20:06:40Mary Louise (Entler) Herrington
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bts4hsm2016-07-31 20:22:122016-07-31 20:22:12Craft Clock - Stairway
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bts4hsm2016-07-31 20:06:282016-07-31 20:06:28Craft Clock - First Floor
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bts4hsm2016-07-21 15:27:272016-07-21 15:27:27Mary Catherine Weltzheimer
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bts4hsm2016-06-12 16:09:212016-06-12 16:09:21Schomacker & Co. Piano
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bts4hsm2016-06-12 16:03:142016-06-12 16:03:14Piedmont Table
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bts4hsm2016-06-12 15:29:202016-09-26 20:59:40James Shepherd Five-Drawer Chest
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bts4hsm2016-06-12 15:23:552016-06-12 15:23:55James Shepherd Dining Table
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bts4hsm2016-06-12 15:17:212016-06-12 15:17:21Cherry Table Ends
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bts4hsm2016-04-28 17:50:292016-04-28 17:50:29Adam Link Desk
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bts4hsm2016-04-28 17:46:532016-04-28 17:46:53Brass Cuspidor
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bts4hsm2016-03-29 19:42:222016-03-29 19:42:22McMurran Clock Tower
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bts4hsm2016-03-27 19:46:162016-09-26 20:57:13Alexander R. Boteler
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bts4hsm2016-03-22 20:22:112016-03-22 20:22:11R. D. Shepherd, aka R. D. McLean
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bts4hsm2016-03-09 14:48:012021-06-12 18:17:42John George Weis Family
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bts4hsm2016-03-07 20:31:582021-02-04 18:44:13John Francis Hamtramck
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bts4hsm2016-02-19 21:13:392020-06-07 21:40:32The Rumsey Steamboat Museum
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bts4hsm2016-02-18 22:11:042016-02-18 22:11:04Joseph McMurran
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bts4hsm2016-02-18 16:30:552020-06-07 21:37:35Daniel Bedinger
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bts4hsm2016-02-02 19:16:322016-02-02 19:16:32War of 1812
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bts4hsm2016-01-31 18:40:472016-01-31 18:40:47The Battle of Shepherdstown
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bts4hsm2016-01-28 21:13:542016-01-28 21:13:54The Battle of Antietam
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bts4hsm2016-01-28 20:54:492016-01-28 20:54:49Red Sox Uniform
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bts4hsm2016-01-28 20:51:332016-01-28 20:51:33Shepherdstown & the American Civil War
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bts4hsm2016-01-28 20:41:142017-04-12 20:05:43Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks
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bts4hsm2016-01-13 22:06:372016-01-13 22:06:37Civil War Marker No. 23
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bts4hsm2016-01-08 19:03:582016-01-08 19:03:58Hopkins Desk
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bts4hsm2016-01-08 18:19:362016-01-08 18:19:36John Woltz Clock
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bts4hsm2016-01-01 18:52:522016-01-01 18:52:52Entler Hotel
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bts4hsm2015-12-31 22:15:522015-12-31 22:15:52McMurran Hall
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bts4hsm2015-12-31 21:40:522015-12-31 21:40:52Old Trinity Church
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bts4hsm2015-12-31 20:31:512017-02-19 22:00:25James Rumsey
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bts4hsm2015-12-29 15:40:232015-12-29 15:40:23Reverend John Kehler
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bts4hsm2015-12-20 20:56:032017-02-19 21:56:12Rumsey Monument
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bts4hsm2015-12-20 20:22:402015-12-20 20:22:40Eleanor (Strode) Shepherd
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bts4hsm2015-12-20 16:56:222015-12-20 16:56:22Shindler House
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bts4hsm2015-12-20 16:47:182015-12-20 16:47:18Conrad Shindler
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bts4hsm2015-12-20 15:47:142015-12-20 15:47:14Copper Kettle2020 Holiday Ornament
The 2020 holiday ornament is now available for purchase, either on our website, or by calling the office at (304) 876-1910.
Remembering Shepherdstown’s Civil War Veterans on Memorial Day
/in News /by bts4hsmThere’s a new small display in the 3rd floor hallway of the Museum, opposite the Civil War Room. It’s an enlarged copy of two pages from a diary kept by Shepherdstown resident, Cato Moore Entler. Born in Shepherdstown in 1821, he was the son of Joseph Entler, owner of Shepherdstown’s Great Western Hotel, and nephew of […]
In the Wake of Battle: A Woman’s Recollections of Shepherdstown during Antietam Week
/in News /by Kelsey HotalingFrom 1884 to 1887 a popular magazine called The Century ran a series called “Battles and Leaders of the Civil War,” and later reprinted it in a variety of formats. The Historic Shepherdstown Museum recently acquired a copy of Volume 32, which contains Mary Bedinger Mitchell’s memories of Shepherdstown during and after the Battle of […]