2010 Tears and Ashes, June 26


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2010 Tears and Ashes

The June 26, 2010 tour focused on homes that served as gathering places (depots) for people who opposed slavery, secession and war and fled the Confederacy by following pilots through the mountains to Union territory. Many of these were Brethren and Mennonites who opposed the war for reasons of conscience; others were army deserters who also opposed slavery and felt secession and war was the wrong way to deal with it.

Linda Waggy tells Civil War era stories to bus tour group, at the Wash House on the VBMHC CrossRoads Campus.

Bus group loads for the 2010 Tears and Ashes Tour.

Tour group gathers inside Jacob Miller (Laban Peachey) House.

The exterior of the Joseph Wenger House.

The tour group enters the Adam Showalter House.

Leaving the Janet Shank Home after a delicious meal.

Walking towards the Jacob Harshbarger House.

Stone exterior of the Alexander Kyger House.

Posted June 30, 2010