Greene County – The UncommonWealth

The Musical Million: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, Singing Schools, and the Birth of Southern Gospel

The close of the American Civil War brought two young men back to a devastated Shenandoah Valley and an uncertain future. Aldine Silliman Kieffer had…

Gregg KimballDecember 3, 2018

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"Nothing but…"

The Runkle family of Greene County, Virginia, had seven children, among them three sons who all served in the Confederate army. The Civil War 150 Legacy…

Library of VirginiaDecember 3, 2014

Keep Your Eyes Aloft

Seventy years ago in Greene County, Virginia, civilian volunteers began to look toward the skies and record their observations in a log book, a simple…

Callie FreedNovember 6, 2013