April 15 is the opening day of the Historic Shepherdstown Museum,129 East German Street, Shepherdstown, for the 2023 season. The museum will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays Historic Shepherdstown Museum open.
Kevin Pawlak (former intern at HSC and Shepherd University graduate) discussing his latest book (co-authored with Jon-Erik Gilot) – John Brown’s Raid: Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the American Civil War. October 16-18, 1859
Lori Wysong, Director of the Jefferson County Museum, will make a presentation on Prohibition in Jefferson County, including Temperance, bootlegging, and present-day legacies of prohibition. Lori's presentation will tie into a new exhibit on prohibition opening at the Jefferson County Historic Museum in early May.
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September 17 is the 161st anniversary the Battle of Antietam and Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 19-20, mark the anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, which was the final battle of Robert E. Lee’s 1862 Maryland campaign. Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17 the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association will be setting up a table in front of the museum on German Street to give visitors […]
The bloodiest day in American military history took place on Sept. 17, 1862, in Maryland just across the river from Shepherdstown. To mark the Battle of Antietam's anniversary, on Sunday, Sept. 17 , the Shepherdstown Opera House will host the first theater screening of "Shepherdstown Remembers Antietam", an original film written and produced by local history […]
A fun filled scary adventure....
you will hear about some of our most prominent spirits — the lady in white, the amorous Frenchman, Civil War soldiers, and the unlucky duelist.
A Halloween tour and investigation at the very haunted Entler Hotel sponsored by Historic Shepherdstown
