I lived in Winchester, VA and the holiday was called Lee-Jackson-King Day.
Stonewall - not Jesse.
Beautiful town that Winchester,we visited the Stonewall Jackson headquarters there
If only Jackson had been with Lee at Gettysburg....
Hello Neighbor,
I hale from Woodstock VA. The War between the States is very big in that area. My granddad used about 10 acres of pasture every year to stage a reenactment that included period food cooked in traditional ways as well as the battle of Cedar Creek.
We kids rode horses through the camps and felt like we were part of history. My granddad was a bit of a scamp (moonshiner) and a bit of a meanie. But I will always be grateful to him for that civil war experience that he provided. It was one of my best memories.