Thank you to all our friends, neighbors, and village fans for coming out to celebrate the 2009 Unison
Heritage Day with an overwhelming show of support and generosity. We are delighted that everyone had a wonderful time with the music,
the auctions, the Civil War re-enactors, the display of foxhounds of the Piedmont Hunt, the delicious food and drink, and the
spectacular weather which helped make this annual event such an outstanding success. Thank you one and all! We look forward to seeing
everyone next year for our village's 2010 festivities.
In the spirit of rural celebration, it is with distinct pleasure that the board and membership of the Unison Preservation Society invite you to join us in “A celebration of Village Life” in historic downtown Unison, Virginia. Bring your family and come experience our village’s extreme southern hospitality and charm.
Festivities begin Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1:00 P.M. as Willow Branch, back by popular demand for a fourth season, will tell the tales of the Virginia Piedmont in song. Between 1:30 and 2:00 Federal Cavalry will harass our population once again as they did in 1862. Later the Piedmont Fox Hounds will pay Unison festival goers a visit as they have for more than 100 years… always a great hit with the families.
As guests at the Unison table you and your family will be treated to authentic southern classics, smoked pig, oysters on the half shell, and many other deserts and delights. All you can eat!
UPS members have searched far and wide for some of the most interesting and unique silent and live auction items ever…There will be great gift ideas for the holiday season as well…and Unison’s own auctioneer extraordinaire, Gordon McKinley, will be on hand to dazzle you with the late day live auction…always great fun for all!
Admission to Unison Day is the same as always and advanced reservations are encouraged. Advanced reservations are $20.00; $25.00 at the door. Children under 12 are free! And there’s plenty of free parking! Just drive out Foxcroft Road (626) from Middleburg to find us.
Please make all checks payable to UPS and mail to attention Harry Bigley, Unison Preservation Society, P.O. Box 606 Middleburg, Virginia 20118. For more information contact Harry Bigley at (540)554-2474, or e-mail requests to HarryBigley@aol.com.
All event proceeds go to benefit the preservation and beautification of the greater Unison area. UPS is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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Thanks to all our friends and neighbors who came out to enjoy our annual Heritage Day on a sunny warm and beautiful
Saturday, November 1st. Crowds of revelers assembled in historic downtown Unison at 1PM to enjoy a
Fife and Drum Corps Cavalry March into town. UPS President, Paul Hodge, led a guided tour of historic Unison Church to view the
penciled writings and names on the walls left by the soldiers when the church was used as a hospital during the 1862 battle. Even as
crowds enjoyed the tour of the church, more crowds gathered on the main town road to watch Federal and Confederate
cavalry demonstrations/skirmishs in grass and corn fields across from church. The well known historian and re-enactor, Rob Hodge, gave a detailed
talk on the battle as the opposing troops maneuvered for position in the cornfield, playing out the battle that had taken place on these
very fields 146 years ago to this very day.
The afternoon featured a barbeque lunch, and dedication of a mounting block in front of the Unison Store, a live Auction
of many wonderful items to benefit the UPS, a Civil War Infantry demonstration, and a chance for all the participants to the event to mingle with
the troops, view a collection of Civil War artifacts and photos displayed in Unison General Store including Prussian Von Borke's dress sword that was used in the Unison battle in 1862,
and many items that were found in the area over the past several decades. Throughout the afternoon the entertaining and lively Bluegrass music of
the Willow Branch Band from Charlottesville played from the front porch of the old Unison Store. It was an afternoon greatly enjoyed by one and all.
We look forward to seeing everyone out to enjoy next year's 2009 Heritage Day festivities.
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