History & Heritage
Join us at the Galax Farmers Market for our 3rd Annual Apple Cider Festival on September 14th from 9am-1pm. The market will be pressing apples and offering cups of fresh apple cider and half gallons for purchase as a fundraiser for the Market. At the market we will have live… Read More
Before the second weekend in August each year, lovers of country and mountain music leave their homes in time to be in Galax, VA for the Annual Old Fiddler’s Convention. Started in 1935, it is the oldest and largest fiddler’s convention in the world. Folks come from all over the… Read More
August 26 Program: My U-2 Years By Gregory Ehr On Friday, August 26, at 2:00 p.m., Col. Richard “Duke” Woodhull, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), will present the free program “My U-2 Years… Dancing with the Dragon Lady”. The presentation will be held at the Rogow Room of the… Read More
Top equestrian competitors exhibit in classes loaded with chrome and flash! A USEF Heritage Competition. Outdoors at Broyhill Equestrian Preserve. Read More
The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas invites local residents and visitors to a unique event on Thursday, March 16 at 3:00 and 4:30 pm at the Flat Rock Bistro Cinema, 2700-D Greenville Hwy., Flat Rock. “Through Their Eyes” is a series of six brief films produced for museum galleries… Read More
The Highest French Honor Comes to D-Day Veteran in Brevard by Janis Allen On December 7, U.S. Navy D-Day Veteran George Sarros will be given the French Légion d’honneur Medal by Consul General of France, Anne-Laure Dèsjonqueres, in a public ceremony at Brevard’s courthouse gazebo at 1:00 PM. (Inclement… Read More
Holiday Stays: Montfair offers a 15% discount on three and four-night stays and 18.5 % on five-night stays, a 31% for a weeklong stay and 37% off a two week long stay! Celebrate the Winter Holidays of Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s with a vacation in comfort, close to… Read More
The U.S. Marine Corps invites you to help celebrate its 247th birthday on November 10th, 2022. This is a very important day for all Marines who have served from across the world to gather, to celebrate, and toast our Corps. We invite you to our “birthday” celebration on November… Read More
Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection housed there, will present a muti-media program, How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day on June 5 at 2 p.m. at the Transylvania County Library’s Rogow Community Room, 212 S. Gaston… Read More
Enjoy a 15% discount off nightly vacation cottage rental rates now through October 31, 2024! Clean comfortable lakeside cottages with air conditioning, heat and Wi-Fi. Montfair Resort Farm is a perfect place to reconnect with family, loved ones and friends. Enjoy the end of summer days with onsite fishing, birdwatching,… Read More