Christmas Festival in Historic Shepherdstown

The annual “Christmas in Shepherdstown” festival continues tomorrow evening. A Civil War Christmas comes to Shepherdstown this weekend, with music, dance, carriage rides, and lectures all about the town at Christmastime during the Civil War.

Saturday morning will feature the annual Shepherdstown Christmas parade. During the festival, many landmarks throughout the town will host special events.

The festival began last weekend after Thanksgiving celebrating a 21st Century celebration in Shepherdstown, the second weekend looks at the Civil War, the third looks at James Rumsey and the late 18th Century in Shepherd’s Town, and the fourth features Christmas in Mecklenburg, the original name of the town, where re-enactors will be found strolling the streets.

Other Christmas themed events will be hosted throughout the eastern panhandle during December, including Olde Tyme Christmas in Harpers Ferry, events in Berkeley Springs, and parades in Charles Town and Martinsburg.

Author: Liz McCormick

Liz is WVPB's Webmaster/Digital Coordinator and Eastern Panhandle Bureau Chief, based in Shepherdstown, WV on Shepherd University's campus. Liz is a native of Charleston, West Virginia. She received a M.A. in Strategic Communication from American University in 2022 and a B.A. in Communication and New Media from Shepherd in 2014. Prior to her role as webmaster, Liz was WVPB's Eastern Panhandle reporter from 2014-2022, the House of Delegates reporter on "The Legislature Today" from 2015-2017, and she covered K-12/higher education from 2020-2022. Liz has also worked as a technical assistant and associate producer on "The Legislature Today."

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