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MAY 22, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 3
Untold stories from the Civil War BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Pennsylvania. “ T he people who ran the Underground R ailroad were mostly Mennonites and members of the Church of the Brethren, and there were large numbers of them in both Virginia and Pennsylvania,” Karl said. The event at Mennonite Life also highlighted several Mennonite hymns commonly sung by refugees as they made their escapes. The current members of the Rhodes family had no prior knowledge of Pegg y ’s stor y, although a few rumors related to the Civil War circulated among
The annual Strasburg Memorial Day Parade will take place on at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27. The procession will include representatives from various local service organizations, marching bands, veterans and active-duty members of the armed forces, as well as any member of the community who wishes to take part in the event. Parade par ticipants will begin to gather along Clearview Drive in Strasburg at 8 a.m. Additional floats will not be accepted after the start of the parade. The procession will follow its traditional route Karl Rhodes through downtown Strasburg, Karl and his siblings. One rumor the Civil War Experience making its first stop at Wesley CLOSED in the Memorial spoke of caves near the family Shenandoah Valley.” The books United Methodist Church’s Day, 27 home that contained stockpiles contain testimoniesMay from many CLOSED cemetery on CLOSED West Memorial Main Street. CLOSED Memorial Day, Day, of weapons abandoned by desert-FURNITURE Southerners who sought compenMemorial WATER CONDITIONING APPLIANCE & May COOLING ParadeDay,HEATING spectators will be asked 27 May 27 CLOSED 27 ers. When Karl was 4 years old, sation for land and livestock thatFURNITURE to WATER payMay respect to the many vetFURNITURE WATER CONDITIONING APPLIANCE HEATING & COOLING Memorial CONDITIONING APPLIANCE HEATING & COOLING Day, FURNITURE WATER CONDITIONING APPLIANCE HEATING & COOLING his brothers convinced him to wereSAVE taken or destroyed by Union erans buried at the cemetery by UP TO May 27 crawl down a narrow shaft that forces$during battle, including SAVE SAVE UPaTO observing moment of silence UP TO Beau SAVEHEATING UP WATER 20 CONDITIONING APPLIANCE &$COOLING $ TO they believed to be full of Civil FURNITURE more than pages of testimony before the parade resumes. The BeauBe 1,500 1,500 $ on Floor Model POWER Beau POWER 1,500 on Floor Model POW War-era weapons. Young Karl from Peggy and her family memon Floor Modelwill make its second convoy Dining Groups! Groups! RECLINERPOWER on Floor Model DiningDining Groups! RECL RECLINE never found the fabled arms, bers. “People often oversimplify SAVE UP TO Dining Groups! stop at GROUPS the graveyard at Saint RECLINER $ IN-STOCK DINING IN-STOCK DINING GROUPS IN-STOCK DINING GROUPS $ Church, $ but the endeavor sparked his life during the CivilIN-STOCK War; many $ In-Stock999 99 Michael’s Lutheran DINING GROUPS In-Stock In-Stock $ SPECIAL Beau In-Stock SPECIAL 999 SPECIAL lifelong interest in the history Americans in the South didn’t 40 E. Main St., Strasburg, SPECIAL on Floor Model POWER surrounding the Rhodes’ family want Dining to fight Groups!a war or secede,” where RECLINER participants will observe home. While conducting gene- Karl said. “This story gives a very a second moment of silence IN-STOCK DINING GROUPS $ alogy research many years later, different perspective.” In-Stock to honor the veterans buried SPECIAL Karl finally stumbled upon a For more information, visit within. Members of local Girl book series titled “Unionists and https://peggyswar.com. See Parade pg 2 In-Sto
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