Thank you so much to the Jefferson County Commissioners for inviting me to speak.My name is Lori Wysong, and I am Director of the Jefferson County Museum.I’m here tonight to speak to you about an idea for the re-use of our County’s historicCourthouse once the county moves the court facilities to their new home. I’m… Read more »
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Lewis and Ella Washington: A Love Story?
By: Lawrence Bopp On the 6th of November 1860, Lewis and Ella Washington were wed at her family residence of Clover Lea in Mechanicsburg, Virginia. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Beallair in Jefferson County to establish their home together. We know Lewis and Ella were distant cousins; Lewis was George Washington’s great-grandnephew and Ella a… Read more »
Thank you to the Page Jackson Alumni Association for one of the most recent additions to the collection: images from high school activities and alumni association events! These two digital image collections contain photographs, yearbook pages, and newspaper clippings of Page Jackson High School before it closed in 1965 (when Jefferson County schools finally desegregated after the Brown vs. The Board of Education decision in 1954) and of the school's alumni events in later years. There are many wonderful photos of the school's founders, classrooms, school dances, sports teams, and other extracurricular activities in addition to alumni gatherings. ![]()
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Recognize anyone? Take a look through these collections in our online catalog and let us know! We would love to be able to better identify people in these images.![]()
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Thank you to everyone who came to our event on Saturday and thanks to DC News Now for covering it! It was great to learn more about the Lovett family of Harpers Ferry and get a preview of Lynn Pechuekonis's new book on the Hill Top House.![]()
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The Museum will be closed this Thursday the 27, Friday the 28, and Saturday the 29 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃![]()
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