I'll be leaving for the GOE at Winchester tomorrow morning. Hope to see you there. Complete schedule and descriptions of events.

Tickets - $7 day or $10 for the weekend (Does not include Court Case)
Court Case of Commonwealth of Virginia v. U.S.A. - $3.00. Available in advance at the museum
(For more details phone: 540-542-1145/46 or email: courtousemuseum@verizon.net)

NOTE: Throughout the weekend, Dr. Dean Havron (local family doctor) will be strolling about the mall area playing banjo and other items (spoons, etc) and telling stories about period music, while “Evergreen Shade” will be set up on the courthouse porch playing period music. Authors (= ME) and artists will be set up on courthouse porch also.

Don’t miss the highly dramatic and original “Court Case: Commonwealth of Virginia v. United States of America” on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.

Listen to lawyers for the Commonwealth of Virginia and other southern states and the United States government argue a case in front of the 1861 United States Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of various states' right to secede. The decision will be based on 1860s case law and constitutional interpretation. Was it constitutional or not?  This question is still being argued today. How will a court, based on the law at the time, rule? Who has the stronger constitutional case? This case will be argued by real lawyers and decided by real legal authorities based on 1860 law. Come watch and see if you agree with the court's decision!

Admission will be charged and seating is limited. You may purchase tickets in advance at the Old Court House Civil War Museum Gift Shop.