Brocks Gap Heritage Day
Schedule
Sat Apr 18 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
J. Frank Hillyard Middle | Broadway, VA
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34th annual Brocks Gap Heritage Day, celebrating families and history of Bergton, Criders, and Fulks Run, VA. Features 200+ posters of vintage photos, 3 excellent programs, Pat Ritchie's personal library of history books to use for research, and other family history researchers. Free and open to the public!Programs are:
11:00 Dr. Carole Nash presents "Native American History in the Upper North Fork Valley."
12:30 Dr. Peggy Ann Shifflett presents her new book: "Mountain Men of Hopkins Gap: Migration, Survival, Violence."
2:00 Dale Harter presents "The Brigadier General with Brocks Gap roots: Controversial Life and Legacy of John Robert Jones, C.S.A."
Enter at the school cafeteria on far left of building where there is a ramp. Parking in front and in rear of building.
Other organizations participating are Rocktown History, Plains District Memorial Museum, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Chimney Rock Chronicle. Other researchers of local families will have displays of their work.
BHS/JFH Band Boosters will be running the concession stand, featuring sandwiches like Turner Ham and others, snacks and drinks.
Four new books will be unveiled this year: Brocks Gap Schools: Bergton, Criders, and Fulks Run by Pat Turner Ritchie; Mountain Men of Hopkins Gap: Migration, Survival, Violence by Peggy Ann Shifflett and Lori Bennett; Rev. Bill Zirk’s book on the history of the Poor House in Rockingham County; and A Dance of Life by local author Carol DeHart.
For more info, contact Pat Turner Ritchie at [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
J. Frank Hillyard Middle, 226 Hawks Hill Drive,Broadway, Virginia, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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