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Old Chapel Celebrates 220th Anniversary

Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 by Anne Palmer Johnson in Announcements, History

Extract from the Friday, September 10th edition of The Winchester Star

Old Chapel Will Celebrate 220 Years

By Stephanie M. Mangino
The Winchester Star

Old Chapel…replaced a log-clapboard chapel built in the mid-1750s and served for decades as the primary place of worship for Episcopalians in what would become Clarke County. It is the oldest Episcopal church in continuous use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, according to the website of its parish, Cunningham Chapel Parish.

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Merry Christmas

Posted on Friday, December 25, 2009 by Anne Palmer Johnson in Uncategorized
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A White Christmas

Enjoy!  Animation by and presented to you here
compliments of Joshua Held Cartoons

First Snow

Posted on Sunday, December 06, 2009 by Anne Palmer Johnson in Announcements
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Photo of Cash's First Snowfall (c) http://thesoulofahorse.com/blog

Photo of Cash's First Snowfall (c) http://thesoulofahorse.com/blog

This morning, residents of Clarke County awakened to the splendor of snow glistening, and the sweet silver song of a lark… were you  listening?

We are truly blessed with the beauty that abounds and surrounds us all throughout Clarke County, Virginia.

The surprise, joy, and awe of one’s first snow are captured in the shining eyes of this fun-loving youngster. Many thanks to Joe Camp, creator of Benji and author of The Soul of a Horse, for sharing this precious photo. Joe’s book, incidentally, is a perfect Christmas gift for horse lovers, big and small, and everyone else!