Martinsburg
Roundhouse
Founders Day/Martinsburg Heritage Fair & Festival
May 11, 2023
5:00-7:00 PM:
“Interwoven Mills: Past, Present & Future,” Art Exhibit Opening Reception, Martinsburg Public Library, 101 W. King St. (Free!)
May 12, 2023
6:30 PM:
Laying of the Wreath for Revolutionary War Gen. Adam Stephen: Founding father of Martinsburg & First Sheriff of Berkeley County, 600 block of South Queen Street, Martinsburg (Public is Welcome!)
May 13, 2023
9:30 AM:
Heritage Fair @ The Martinsburg Roundhouse Opens, 100 E. Liberty St. (Free!)
Opening Ceremony - Roundhouse Stage (RH)
Artillery Firing, McClanahan’s Battery
Remarks by Special Guests
10:00 AM:
Martinsburg Heritage Sites & Open for Free Tours & Special Events (Adam Stephen House, Belle Boyd House, For the Kids by George, Children’s Museum, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Sumner Ramer Memorial School, Triple Brick Museum)
Free Tunnels Tours (by Tri-State Grotto), Yard Sale & More at Adam Stephen House, 309 E. John St.
Free Roundhouse Trolley Heritage Rides Begin, 229 E. Martin St.
10:30 AM:
Traveling Musician, Kent Courtney, Frog & Switch Stage (FS)
11:00 AM:
Roundhouse Historical Tour (Free!)
“Ward Hill Lamon of Gerrardstown, President Lincoln’s Bodyguard,” Bob O’Connor (FS)
1:00 PM:
Band of Shenandoah (FS)
Roundhouse Historical Tour
2:00 PM:
Artillery Firing, McClanahan’s Battery
Tuscarora Creek Duck Derby, presented by Main Street Martinsburg, launches at Gen. Adam Stephen House
“Battle of Falling Waters (1861),” Gary Gimbel (RH)
2:30 PM:
“The American Flag: Today We Remember,” Daughters of American Revolution, William Henshaw Chapter (FS)
3:00 PM:
Roundhouse Historical Tour
“A Soldier’s Story: From the Hayfield to the Battlefield,” Richard Flanigan (FS)
4:00 PM:
“Union Veterinarian in the Civil War,” Nick Korolev, Union Army, 3rd West Virginia Cavalry (FS)
5:00 PM:
Festival Close
Sunday, May 14, 2023
10:00 AM:
Fair & Festival Opens @ Martinsburg Roundhouse
Martinsburg Heritage Sites Open for Tours (Adam Stephen House, Belle Boyd House, For the Kids by George, Children’s Museum, Martinsburg Roundhouse, Sumner Ramer Memorial School Museum, Triple Brick Museum)
Free Roundhouse Trolley Heritage Rides Begin, 229 E. Martin St. Caperton Train Station
Tunnels Tours (led by Tri-State Grotto), Yard Sale & more begins at Adam Stephen House
10:05 AM:
Civil War Church Service, Kent Courtney (RH)
11:00 AM:
Roundhouse Historical Tour
12:00 PM:
“The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger,” Bob O’Connor (RH)
Artillery Firing, McClanahan’s Battery
1:00 PM:
Roundhouse Historical Tour
“Four Locals in the Battle of Gettysburg,” Steve French (RH)
2:00 PM:
“Women in the War,” Linda Capaldo (RH)
2:30 PM:
“An Evening with Martha Washington,” Daughters of the American Revolution, William Henshaw Chapter (FS)
3:00 PM:
Roundhouse Historical Tour
5:00 P.M:
Festival Close