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Thanks to Mill Creek Intermediate for the birthday

Thanks to Mill Creek Intermediate for the birthday wishes!

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Special thanks to the former members of the Berkel

Special thanks to the former members of the Berkeley County Commission (now known as the Berkeley County Council) who attended today's dedication of the County Seal. May 19, 2022 is the 250th anniversary of the first meeting of Berkeley County's governing body.

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Special thanks to Eagle School Intermediate for th

Special thanks to Eagle School Intermediate for the birthday greetings!

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Special thanks to the Musselman High School Marchi

Special thanks to the Musselman High School Marching Band for the birthday wishes! 🎂 🎁 🎈 🎊 🎉

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Special thank you to Let There Be Rock Schools in

Special thank you to Let There Be Rock Schools in Martinsburg for this rockin' birthday greeting by Scatterbrained for Berkeley County's 250th Commemoration!

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Very special thanks to Bunker Hill Elementary Scho

Very special thanks to Bunker Hill Elementary School for the birthday greeting! 🎊 🎈 🎁 🎂 🎉

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This rendition of Happy Birthday, Berkeley County

This rendition of Happy Birthday, Berkeley County is sure to get you jazzed up for the next 250 years! Special thanks to Exit 5 Musselman High School Jazz Ensemble!

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Special thanks to Gerrardstown Elementary School w

Special thanks to Gerrardstown Elementary School with Berkeley County Schools for the awesome theatrical performance and special birthday wishes! 🎉😅🎊🎈🎁🎂

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Thank you to the Martinsburg unit of The Boys & Gi

Thank you to the Martinsburg unit of The Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle for the birthday wishes! 🎊 🎈 🎁 🎂 🎉

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#Didyouknow: Mountain Ridge Intermediate School ha

#Didyouknow: Mountain Ridge Intermediate School has their own "George Washington!" Special thanks for the super birthday 🎂🎁🎈🎊🎉wishes!

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A little more than four years before the signers'

A little more than four years before the signers' ink was dry on the Declaration of Independence, Berkeley County was created on this day in 1772! Yes, we're old! Read about our county's great history, eat cake and celebrate with us! ⬇️
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How the first-ever Tuscarora Creek Duck Derby kick

How the first-ever Tuscarora Creek Duck Derby kicked off in downtown Martinsburg at the East John Street Bridge near General Adam Stephen House.

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Saint Joseph School, Martinsburg South Middle Scho

Saint Joseph School, Martinsburg South Middle School and @JamesRumseyTech were awarded for participation in the Operation Greenlid recycling contest. Awards program helps kick off #BerkeleyWV250 countywide cleanup project, May 14-21, 2022.

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May 7, 1893: Ward Hill Lamon, President Lincoln's

May 7, 1893: Ward Hill Lamon, President Lincoln's friend and personal bodyguard, died and was buried in Gerrardstown, near where he was raised in Bunker Hill.

Lamon took on the personal task of protecting Lincoln. It is said that on the night of Lincoln's inauguration, Lamon slept in front of the president's bedroom door with pistols and a Bowie knife at hand. Lamon was also commissioned as U.S. Marshal for Washington, DC by Lincoln.

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Special thanks to Shenandoah County Virginia for t

Special thanks to Shenandoah County Virginia for the very kind gesture in celebration of our shared 250th birthday! Berkeley and Shenandoah counties were created from Frederick County - effective May 15, 1772 - by the same act of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

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Register now!
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#Didyouknow: Davy Crockett came to work for Gerrar

#Didyouknow: Davy Crockett came to work for Gerrardstown, W.Va. farmer John Gray in 1799, after a falling out with his father over dropping out of school in his home state of Tennessee. Crockett was paid 25 cents a day.

Free download of autobiography: https://www.loc.gov/item/07021517/

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#onthisday in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born. Ber

#onthisday in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born. Berkeley County records bear Jefferson's signature as Virginia's governor (1779-1781). Jefferson County was formed from eastern Berkeley County in 1801, the year Jefferson went to The White House.

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The planting of 250 commemorative trees as part of

The planting of 250 commemorative trees as part of the Berkeley County’s 250th birthday celebration is officially underway!!
A kickoff for the project was held today on the grounds of the Adam Stephen House with the planting of a Sugar Maple, the official state tree of West Virginia.
Adam Stephen was the first sheriff of Berkeley County and founder of Martinsburg.
The project's aim is to promote history and environment education through ceremonial tree plantings at schools, parks, historic places and environmental sites - all across Berkeley County.
The planting of at least one tree at each school in our community is a top priority of the project.
Cacapon Institute, in collaboration with Berkeley County Schools and the Steering Committee, is planting trees on the school campuses, including a special project at Opequon Elementary School, where 26 trees are being planted.
“This will provide them some color and shade and it’s great education too for the kids of course,” according to Cacapon Institute Executive Director Frank Rodgers.
Rodgers later joined members of the General Adam Stephen Memorial Association at Adam Stephen House to shovel mulch around the newly planted Commemorative tree.
April 11 was chosen by the Steering Committee as the kickoff date for the 250th Commemoration tree-planting project, in part, because it is the 250th anniversary of when the bill creating Berkeley County was deemed to be “truly enrolled” and the day that the Virginia Governor, known as Lord Dunmore, gave his “assent” to the legislation.
Special thanks to those who took part in today's program, including Rodgers, state Forester Tyler Williamson with the West Virginia Division of Forestry, Adam Stephen House Curator Keith Hammersla, who recited the poem, Trees, by Joyce Kilmer and Marty Keesecker, president of the General Adam Stephen Memorial Association.

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#Onthisday - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, kno

#Onthisday - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, known as Lord Dunmore, gives his assent to the House of Burgesses’ passage of “An Act for dividing the county of Frederick into three distinct counties.”
The bill provided for the creation of Berkeley and Shenandoah County, which are north and south of Frederick County, respectively. Shenandoah County was originally named Dunmore, but that name was scrapped in 1778.

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