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People brave the heat for a history lesson on the run
Posted: July 9, 2012
The Winchester Star
Sophia Lee (left) and Brooke Hagenbuck use a smartphone to find a location in Winchester’s Mount Hebron Cemetery during the second Civil War Sesquicentennial Race on Saturday. Using clues, participants had to run or walk to area Civil War sites. Lee and Hagenbuck succeeded in finding what they were looking for — the monument for the unknown Confederate dead buried in Stonewall Cemetery. Proceeds from the event, hosted by Runners’ Retreat on the Loudoun Street Mall, will go to the Old Court House Civil War Museum, also on the mall. (Photo by Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star)
Tina Genay (right) studies a Civil War map while her race partner, Janet Pidgeon, looks up sites on her smartphone. The two were planning their route for the Civil War Sesquicentennial Race.
Winchester — The men and women who ran the Civil War Sesquicentennial Race Saturday finished much more sweaty and knowledgeable than when they started.
Ten two-person teams participated in the...
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