Location: | Spotsylvania, VA, USA |
Description: | October 11, 2008 Race Start 7:15 AM 6th Annual Stonewall Jackson 20-Mile Ambulance Run Why Time Your Run& When You Can Run Through Time Run Information " Awards: Cash Prize for the top Men and Women Finishers, and Age Group winners. " Showers: Available at the Marshall Center immediately following the race. Bring your own toiletries. Run Proceeds Go To: Civil War Preservation Trust and Spotsylvania Emergency Concerns Association (SECA). The purpose of SECA is to help needy Spotsylvania residents who cannot be helped by the Department of Social Services. Information: Jenny Sorensen(540) 507-7529 or visit www.spotsylvania.va.us/parksandrec " Race Pace: Runners must average a 12- minute per mile race pace Entry Fees: Postmarked by Sept. 22nd 2008 - $45; Postmarked after Sept. 22nd - $55; Race Day Registration-$65 " Registration: Mail registration form and check, made payable to Spotsylvania County 20-Miler to: Spotsylvania Parks & Recreation, PO Box 28, Spotsylvania, VA 22553 or on-line at active.com Chip timing by Kale Enterprises " Packet Pickup: Beginning at 5:30 AM Race Day at Marshall Center 8800 Courthouse Rd. Spotsylvania, Va. 22553 Parking: across the street at Spotsylvania Middle School Run Historic Sites along the Run " Spotsylvania, Wilderness and Chancellorsville Battlefields " Portions of Gen. Stonewall Jacksons Actual Ambulance Route Stonewall Jackson On Saturday, May 2, 1863, General Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. His left arm was amputated on Sunday, May 3rd and on Monday, May 4th Jackson left the Field Hospital in an ambulance. The ambulance traveled the actual route of the Stonewall Jackson Ambulance Run and arrived at the Chandler House. The route leading southwest to Todds Tavern and on to Spotsylvania and Guinea Station was the same route Grant later took to Spotsylvania in 1864. Jackson died on Sunday, May 10th. A few moments before he died, he smiled and said with apparent relief, Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. |
Jenny Sorensen |