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PUBLICATIONS

Publications in the last 10 years:

2011: That’s Just the Way It Was

2012: A Look Back in Time: The History of Effie Ann Johnson Nursery School and Day Care Center  

2013: Marie M. Miller Benevolent Home  

2014: The History of D. Webster Davis School & T. C. Edmunds School  

2014: Black Insurance companies of Staunton, Virginia  

2014: History of Black Beautician and Barbers of Staunton/Augusta County  

2015: History of Montgomery Hall Park 2

Walk Down Memory Lane **

**SACAARS is raising funds to publish this complete work.

 

Programs and community presentations in the past 10 years:

  • Juneteenth Celebration

  • History of Local Black Military Members and Veterans Part 1

  • History of Local Black Military Members and Veterans Part 2

  • History of Local Black Masons

  • History of Local Black Doctors and Attorneys

  • History of Local Black Newspaper Editors

  • Crown Luncheon to celebrate the local Black History of the Hat

  • Rotating Black History Exhibits at Staunton City Hall, Augusta County Government Building, and the City and County Libraries.

  • SACAARS also participated in the Sunnyside Street Block Party, Mary Baldwin University Student Fair, and has decorated and held a Holiday Open House at Montgomery Hall Park each December.

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Markers to Preserve and Promote Local Black History:

  • Historical Marker at Montgomery Hall Park

  • Historical Markers are in production for DW Davis School, TC Edmunds School, Sunnyside Neighborhood, Johnson Street Neighborhood , Newtown Neighborhood and Augusta Street.     

 

The power of knowing history is great; the power of knowing our local Black history is greater.  Much of the local history is disappearing with the older generation. We must act now!

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