This is the 8th annual church service commemorating the battle and the destruction of St. James Episcopal Church. The service is a recreation of the Second Sunday after Pentecost in 1863. Period dress is welcomed. The Reverend Peter Way will officiate the 9:30 a.m. service. The program includes a brief history of the St. James site and the Battle of Brandy Station, a recitation of the poem “Listen,” by Robert Jones.  There will be music by The Cabin Raiders as well as bag piper, Gary Winemiller. Refreshments after the service at Graffiti House located at 19484 Brandy Road.

Directions: from Brandy Station, going north on Rt 15 and 29, Turn left at the light on Rt 29 and Southern States gas station onto Beverly’s Ford Rd (Rt 676) follow signs towards Culpeper Airport bearing left onto St. James Church Road

The church site is on the left, before the airport. Parking is along the way, at the historical marker.