11/06/2012
60 Families Signed Up for Shepherdstown 250th Anniversary Parade
Sixty of Shepherdstown's historic families have registered to participate in the town's 250th Anniversary Coming Home Parade, which will be held starting a 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11.
The parade is one of a series of events that will be held the weekend of November 9-11 to mark the conclusion of the town's year-long 250th anniversary celebrations.
It will be focused on descendants and representatives of the town's historic families, with music provided by fifes and drums from the Shepherdstown Middle School Band and drummers from the Jefferson High School Band.
The families participating in the parade will include: Banks, Bedinger, Beltzhoover, Billmyer, Boetler, Boyd, Branson, Buckles, Byers, Carter, Chapline, Clark, Cookus, Dandridge, Entler, Fleming, Folk, Grantham, Hawn, Hedges, Hendricks, Hoge, Humrickhouse, Knode, Knott, Lafferty, Lee, Lemen, Link, Lowe, Lucas, Marshall, Martin, McKee, McMurran, Morgan, Osbourn, Quigley, Ray, Rickard, Robinson, Rumsey, Schley, Sheetz, Shepherd, Shindler, Show, Shutt, Skinner, Snyder, Staley, Swearingen, Thompson, Turner, Walper, Washington, Welshans, Weis, Willis, Wyncoop, Yeasley.
Some are traveling long distances to be part of the occasion. An Osbourne is coming from New York City, and a Lafferty is coming from upstate New York. Rumsey family members are coming from Richmond, VA, and Nazareth, PA. Sheetzes are coming from California, Texas, Ohio and Illinois. Shepherds are coming from Louisiana; Massachusetts; New York; North Carolina; Virginia; and London, England.
Other special events scheduled for the weekend include the following:
Friday, November 9:
6:30 p.m. to midnight: community potluck party at the Community Club, featuring a potluck supper and music by Sacred Groove.
Saturday, November 10:
10:00 a.m. Dedication of a plaque to the town's founder, Thomas Shepherd, at. at the Shepherd family graveyard on New Street.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Open house at the old Thomas Shepherd Grist Mill on High Street.
Sunday, November 11:
1:00 p.m. Model steam engine demonstration for children and parents at the Entler Hotel by Nicholas Rumsey of Richmond, VA, a member of the family of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey.
3:00 p.m. Coming Home Parade, German Street.
4:00 p.m. Closing ceremony in front of McMurran Hall.
5:00-7:00 p.m. Coming Home Soup Fest at various locations in the town.
7:00-9:00 p.m. After the Soups Open House with music and refreshments at the town's historic train station.
Everyone is invited to all the events. All are free but some Soup Fest locations will charge a small fee or accept donations.
For more information go to the town's 250th Anniversary website at www.shepherdstown250.com or contact Peter Smith at 304-876-1139 or [email protected].
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Share in a year-long celebration of the founding of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, beginning in the fall of 2011. Only 90 minutes from the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area, historic Shepherdstown is a refreshing escape from the rushed lifestyle of the city. Nestled in the lower Sh...
