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2026 Reunion—Winchester, VA
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Day 2—June 19, 2026 |
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Day 3—June 20, 2026
Frye Fort
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Day 1 — June 18, 2026 |
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Our Board of Directors meeting before the membership meeting. |
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Welcome by our hosts, Gene Hughes, and Peggy Frye Hughes |
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Rebecca Ebert’s presentation about the history of Winchester and Frederick County, VA. |
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Richard Frey’s presentation on how y-DNA can tell us if Andreas Frey of Gontenschwil, Switzerland is related to us and if so, how closely. |
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Andreas Frey’s version of how we are all related |
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Past President Gene Frye, new President Bret Fry and immediate past president Gretchen Fry Harvey |
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After our first day meeting was adjourned, Erica Frey-Hoyer and her dad and mom, Richard & Therese Frey visited Shenandoah National Park that was only a few miles from Winchester. |
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Carol Couture visits with cousins she has not seen in 2 years. |
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Capon Springs, W VA. Discovered by Henry Frye, a son of Old Ben |
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The spring house |
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Susan Frye Reid and Joe Reid |
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Therese, Richard & Erica Frey-Hoyer |
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Gene Frye |
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Owen Brown |
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St. John’s Lutheran Church, Winchester, VA |
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Museum of Shenandoah Valley and Gardens |
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Descendants of Heinrich and Anna Frey |
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2026 HFFA Reunion |
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Entrance to new section of Frye Fort |
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Original ceiling beam from 1750 |
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Our Host, Beverly Veatch, talking to HFFA members about her Frye Fort grounds. |
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The Japanese Garden |
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Erica Frey-Hoyer, Richard & Therese Frey |
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Ann Mazeau, Morgan McGee, Peggy, & Rebecca Adams |
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Start of steep trail to the cemetery. |
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John Frye and Bruce Northcutt at grave of Joseph Presley Fry 1831—1864 |
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The military arrive. |
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Lunch at Woodbine Farm & introduction to Tom’s Brook Civil War Battle |
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Joseph Presley Fry was killed in a skirmish the day before the Tom’s Brook Battle started. His brothers brought his body back to the Frye Fort Cemetery for descent interment. |
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HFFA Banquet & Gift Exchange |
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Head Table Marti & Ralph Frye, Gretchen Fry Harvey, Owen Brown, Luisa Georgov & Gene Fry |
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Gene & Luisa dancing to a Patsy Cline song. |
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Gene thanking our Patsy Cline impersonator for singing so authentically. |