Organizations Filed Purposes:
SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES FIND INSPIRATION AND CONNECTION IN THE RICH HISTORIES OF HARRISONBURG AND ROCKINGHAM, WE KEEP AND TELL THE STORIES OF THE AREA AND ITS PEOPLE AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON OUR LIVES AND SHARED FUTURE. WE FULFILL OUR MISSION BY: PRESERVING, SHARING, INNOVATING, PARTNERING.
THE "INVENTORS & INNOVATORS OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM" EXHIBITION PRESENTED A UNIQUE VIEW OF LOCAL HISTORY AS SEEN THROUGH THE NUMEROUS PATENTS AWARDED TO LOCAL CITIZENS FROM THE EARLY 1800S TO THE MID-1900S. JMU HISTORY PROFESSOR DR. KEVIN BORG CURATED THE EXHIBITION, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED A DIVERSE ARRAY OF INVENTIONS ACROSS ALL SPECTRUMS OF LIFE, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND HOME. THE INVENTORS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, AND THEIR IDEAS CREATED A NEW WAY TO VIEW THE PAST. THROUGH THEIR STORIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES, VISITORS LEARNED ABOUT HARDSHIPS AND INCONVENIENCES OF THE TIMES, IN ADDITION TO INNOVATIVE INSPIRATIONS WHICH HAVE AFFECTED OUR PRESENT.
AS A PARTNER IN THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE HARRISONBURG STRUCTURE KNOWN AS THE THOMAS HARRISON HOUSE, HRHS REVEALED A CHANGE TO A SIGNIFICANT STORY OF LOCAL HISTORY. THE THOMAS HARRISON HOUSE HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED THE HOME OF HARRISONBURG FOUNDER THOMAS HARRISON AND ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN BUILT C. 1740-50. RECENT SPECIALIZED RESEARCH THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY, DENDROCHRONOLOGY, AND PAINT ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE BUILDING DATES TO C. 1789. ALTHOUGH UNEXPECTED, THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND CREATED NEW AVENUES OF CONVERSATION AMONG DIVERSE GROUPS.
FREE PROGRAMMING INCLUDED THE HRHS LECTURE SERIES, WHICH BROUGHT IN SPEAKERS ON "GETTYSBURG RELIGION: BEFORE & AFTER THE WAR," "JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: HIDDEN HISTORIES, AND TWO PROGRAMS RELATED TO WWI. TWO PARTNER PROGRAMS ENCOURAGED YOUTH PARTICIPATION: (1) HISTORIC DAYTON TRIANGLE HISTORY DAY FOR THE MASSANUTTEN REGIONAL LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND (2) CIVIL WAR KIDS CAMP AT PORT REPUBLIC, VIRGINIA, WITH THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Penelope Imeson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $50,350 |
| Lew Taylor | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lj Purcell | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 1.5 | $0 |
| Marshall Price | TREASURER | 1.5 | $0 |
| Mark Litchford | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| George Homan Ii | CHAIRMAN | 1.5 | $0 |
| Lisa Hawkins | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| James R Fries | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dana Fenner | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| David Ehrenpreis | VICE CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Beau Dickenson | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 1.5 | $0 |
| Kevin Borg | TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR | 8 | $0 |
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