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The Historical Society of Western Virginia invites you to join us at “History Is Served,” our annual event, held October 29, 2026 at Hotel Roanoke.The evening features historian and author Gabe Neville, who will speak on his new book, "The Last Men Standing: The 8th Regiment in the American Revolution," one of the most comprehensive Revolutionary War unit histories on the German and Irish men fighting from the frontier counties of Augusta, Botetourt, Shenandoah, and Fincastle.
Gabe Neville is a researcher and historian whose work focuses on Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the western frontier in America's founding era. He is a former journalist and senior staffer in the U.S. Congress, now working as a business advisor.
The “History Is Served” evening includes a Cash Bar reception at 5:30, a sit-down dinner at 7, and Silent and Live auctions throughout the evening. This dinner is the Society’s major fundraising event. Its proceeds enable us to offer educational programming and exhibits at the Roanoke History and the O. Winston Link Museum jointly located in the historic passenger station near Hotel Roanoke.
$125 for individual tickets
$1500 for sponsor table (seats 10)
$2000 for speaker's table (seats 8 )
Tickets are on sale now at bit.ly/4xddkUx
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Hotel Roanoke, 110 Shenandoah Ave NW,Roanoke,VA,United States
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