Amherst County Sesquibicentennial
Sponsors
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 Amherst Glebe Arts Response |
 Amherst County Chamber of Commerce |
 Amherst County Museum & Historical Society |
See the articles published in the New Era-Progress about Amherst County's two hundred fifty years of history!
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Articles from the Amherst New Era-Progress:
- January 12, 2011: History of county routed through its post offices
- February 2, 2011: Frank Padget's historic sacrifice
- February 16, 2011: Post-war churches and schools
- March 2, 2011: Amherst County newspaper publishing
- March 23, 2011: Amherst County's bicentennial scrapbooks
- April 6, 2011: Waters of Amherst County
- April 13, 2011: Amherst 250th: Reflecting on celebrations past
- May 11, 2011: Scrapbooks detail garden clubs in Amherst County
- May 25, 2011: Life during and after the war
- June 29, 2011: Fourth of July through the years in Amherst County
- July 6, 2011: Historical society members to tour Forest Hill
- August 3, 2011: Civil War stirred in 1861; no centennial celebrated
- September 14, 2011: Englishman leaves legacy
- September 28, 2011: Amherst 250th: Fire department a key part of history
- October 12, 2011: Amherst 250th: Debt was present in the past
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