STAUNTON/AUGUSTA COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH SOCIETY

Publications in the last 15 years:

2023: A Walk Down Memory Lane

2015: History of Montgomery Hall Park

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

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

2014: Black Insurance companies of Staunton, Virginia 2013: Marie M. Miller Benevolent Home

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

2011: That’s Just the Way It Was  

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Programs and community presentations in the past 15 years:

• 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.

• Fairview Look Back 100 Years 2011

• Effie Ann School 2012

• Marie M. Miller Benevolence Home 2013

• Reflection of Abolitionist Movement

• History of Black of Beauty ( Cut & Curl) 2015

• Black Heritage Program 2016

• History of The NAACP. 2011

• History of Black Music   2019

• Black Funeral Home  2021

• History of Black  Shoe Marker  2022

• Powerful Black Women  2011

• History of Black Tailors/Se.          2017

• History of Black Women in Hats.  2019

• History of  Black Cooks/Chefs  2023

• Interview Seniors over 90 Years Old

• SACAARS YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/@sacaars5559)

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Markers to Preserve and Promote Local Black History:

• Wildcats Baseball Team 1948 1th Ballfield -@ Montgomery Hall Park

• Montgomery Hall Park Highway Marker- @ Montgomery Hall Park

• Effie Ann Johnson Nursery School- 415 N. Augusta Street

• T.C. Edmunds School-1000 W. Johnson Street

• D.W. Davis School- 1000 W. Johnson Street

• Mt. Zion Lodge #18, Mason- 815 N. Augusta Street

• Kenneth L. Jones Funeral Home- 815 N. Augusta Street

• A.M.E. Church- -936 Sudbury Street

• Fairview Cemetery - Lamber-. Augusta Street

• Queen Miller - Montgomery Hall Park  

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!