youtu.be/9OaR1YTQ6Zk Summary From its creation in 1836, this storied courthouse was the focus of the world during the trial of the John Brown raiders in October-November, 1859; then a casualtyr of shells and minie balls October 18, 1863, then again August 22nd, 1864, and scavenged constantly by souvenir-hunting Union passers-through, reducing it to a roofless, nearly floorless wreck in 1865 - as one wrote “a cesspool from which hope would spring eternal.” In a herculean effort of defiance and grit, the townspeople scraped together some $20,000 to build it again and eventually would get all the county legal functions back into this courthouse from the new opulent, magisterial courthouse built in Shepherdstown by Rezin Davis Shepherd. Then it achieved greatness by having its second treason trial - said to be the only American courthouse with that pedigree - with the trial of miners leader, Bill Blizzard and many others, in 1922. Shana Aisenberg (shanasongs) once again provides her rich sensitivity playing synthecizer, 12-string guitar, and banjo. Shana can be reached for lessons, gigs and CDs, at her website. All these recordings are under her copyright. Ardyth Gilbertson provides her beautiful singing of “Down in the Valley”
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:04:55 +0000
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