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The 8^th Virginia Memorial Hall is located in Hickory Grove, Virginia off Route 15 approximately   seven miles south of Haymarket.   

 The cornerstone was laid on September 28th 1914 and it contains a handsomely carved inscription dedicating the building to the 8^th Virginia Regiment and "to the Heroes who fought and fell" under that command.  Several items were put into the stone before it was placed in position.  This includes;

- Sept. 25, 1914 copy of the Baltimore Sun; 

- January 27, 1912  Alexandria Gazette; 

- September 25, 1914 Manassas Journal; 

- September 18, 1914 Loudoun Mirror; 

- Copy of the Psalms, that was sent with

thanks for kindness rendered to Miss Annie

Hutchison, of "Peach Orchard" from Camp Mason; 

- Hundred Dollar Confederate bill;

- English one-penny coin of 1876; 

- American cent of 1899; 

- complete roster of the Eighth Virginia Regiment; 

- Roster of Eighth Virginia veterans still living; 

- Roster of Company D, Champe Rifles; 

- Roster of Eighth Virginia U.D.C. Chapter;                             Original Stained Glass Window

- Copy of a Poem written for the occasion by Miss Alice Maude Ewell.

The cornerstone is currently in position, but it is believed that several years ago it had been moved (broken into) and the items were removed to possibly never be seen again.  The old Veterans of the 8^th Virginia used the Hall for their meetings and picnics. Eighth Virginia Founder, Dave Purschwitz once talked to a "Son" who tended the Veterans horses while they met inside.  He stated that every so often some of the "old boys" would come out, flip up the seat on a buggy, pull out a jug, share it amongst them, and after a few swallows return to the meeting.  The ladies, of course, would never know. 

 

          MANASSAS JOURNAL                               Photograph taken March 31, 2007                                     September 28, 1914
 
           The ladies of the Eighth Virginia
        Regiment Chapter, United Daughters of
         the Confederacy, will dedicate, today
         at hickory Grove, the memorial hall
         erected in tribute to the valor of the
        Eighth Virginia Regiment, Confederate
                   States of America.
 

   

                  Interior view looking at the entry              Interior view looking at the speakers area