Heritage Groups

By The Madison Eagle Staff
Published: February 29, 2008

Arcade Museum
Curator Jane Volchansky
124 N. Main St., Madison
(540) 948-5488
Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., or by appointment

Archaeological Project,
Madison County
Carole Nash (540) 432-6864
E-mail:

(The) Children of the Shenandoah
Lisa Custalow (804) 233-3692
A nonprofit association dedicated to preserving the heritage and culture of the people who lived on the land that is now the Shenandoah National Park and in an accurate portrayal of the lives of these people.

Daughters of the American Revolution
Culpeper Minute Men Chapter
808 Autumn Ridge Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
Cathy Champigny (540) 825-2410
Membership gained by lineage proof of a Revolutionary ancestor.

Montpelier Chapter
188 Marshall St.
Orange, VA 22960
Julia Lloyd
(540) 672-2415

Sons of the American Revolution
Culpeper Minute Men Chapter
167 Jacks Shop Road
Rochelle, VA 22738
Francis Lay (540) 948-5297

Greene County Historical Society
P.O. Box 185
Stanardsville, VA 22973
Jackie Pamenter, president (434) 985-5299 or (434) 990-1958
The purpose of the society is to bring together people interested in history, especially of Greene County. Web site coming soon at http://www.greenehistory.org.

Madison County Historical Society
P.O. Box 467
Madison, VA 22727
Jane Volchansky, president (540) 948-5488
Historic preservation, walking tour, town of Madison, restoration of James Lawson Kemper residence and Madison Archaeology Project.

United Daughters of the Confederacy
Madison Chapter No. 1093
Patricia Lattin, President (540) 547-4985
Heritage group.  Membership gained by lineage proof of a Confederate ancestor.

Memorial Foundation of Germanna Colonies in Virginia
Thomas W. Faircloth, president (540) 423-1700.
This nonprofit organization deals with history and genealogy. An annual meeting is held in July at Germanna Community College.

(The) Museum of Culpeper History
803 S. Main St.
Culpeper VA, 22701
Lee Langston-Harrison, director
Raquel Garcia, administrator
(540) 829-1749
Fax: (540) 829-9698
Interactive displays and programs about local history, from the dinosaurs to the present.

Sons of the American Revolution
16360 Bradford Road
Culpeper, VA 23701
Jim Bayne (540) 825-3557

Sons of Confederate Veterans
P.O. Box 605
Orange, VA 22960
William J. Graham III, (540) 672-4816
Organization of male descendants of those who served the Confederacy either as soldiers, sailors or statesmen.

Eastern Madison-Orange Heritage Preservation Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 100
Locust Dale, VA 22948-9701
(540) 672-6399
A community organization organized and operated to improve public services, publish a free community newsletter and to preserve the traditions, architecture, environment and natural beauty of Madison County by appearing before Madison County official bodies, the Virginia Legislature and administrative agencies in zoning, highway, public safety, environmental preservation and similar matters.

(National Society) Colonial Dames 17th Century
House of Burgesses Chapter
Margaret Tuttle, president (434) 978-4397
Betty Blane (434) 973-3947
A patriotic genealogical organization with the aims of: aid in preservation of the records and historic sites of our country; to aid in the education of our youth; to foster interest in historical colonial research; to maintain those high principles of virtue, courage and patriotism which led to the independence of the Colonies and the foundation and establishment of the United States of America.