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Jefferson County, West Virginia

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that helped shape the county’s and nation’s history!

 

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1 week ago

Jefferson County Museum
Our new light-limiting exhibit case is being assembled! Right now the base is being completed, but soon it will look similar to the last photo. With the press of a button, a dark film on the glass will dissipate to reveal some of the Museum's rarest documents. A letter from George Washington, an early copy of his will, and a land grant signed by Thomas Jefferson will be among the items on display in this case as part of our new exhibit, made possible in part with a matching grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council. If you'd like to support our grant matching funds and see the case in our new exhibit, tickets are available now for our 60th Anniversary exhibit opening! www.facebook.com/events/1916557392431913@followers ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

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Another recent acquisition that will be on display in our new exhibit--a sampler created by a teenage Sarah Osbourn in 1817 and donated by her descendants, the Hiett family. In the earliest decades of the United States' existence, Sarah demonstrated her patriotic sentiment by dating the sampler from 1776, "the 41st of American Independence." It demonstrates the importance of the Revolution even decades afterward, and a local woman's engagement with the history of the new country she lived in. To learn more about Sarah Osbourn's life story and the sampler she created, join us for our 60th Anniversary exhibit opening on April 4: www.zeffy.com/ticketing/60th-anniversary-exhibit-opening ... See MoreSee Less

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