Postcard with a picture of Massanutten Academy's (now Massanutten Military Academy) Benchoff Hall under construction with description of the building's use.
Little was recorded about horse-back riding at Massanutten Academy in 1940. Apparently most of it was done at Camp Lupton, the academy’s recreation center and maneuver grounds along the Shenandoah River east of town.
Photograph showing James L. Cullen of Edinburg Virginia. Cullen served during the First World War. He lived from 1894-1957. During the conflict he was gassed and never truly recovered.
On April 13, 1945 Corporal Aiden Zirkle died on Okinawa. He was a member of Company E, Second Battalion, Seventh Regiment, First Marine Division. Reports indicate he succumbed to wounds obtained while leading his unit against an entrenched machine…
This letter was sent from J.S. Patterson to Samuel Spiggle on October 2, 1919. Both were members of the 80th Infantry Division during the First World War and this piece of correspondence discusses efforts to locate old comrades and their life after…
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 2447 in Edinburg Virginia. The post is located in the former Edinburg Hotel building.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an honor guard at the entrance to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 2447 in Edinburg Virginia.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a group at the Massanutten Military Academy's military ball sometime in the 1950s. Pictured from left to right is Doug Gordon, Judy Minner, Barbara Benchoff daughter Colonel Howard J. Benchoff,…