A cikin wata jarida ta baya-bayan nan, Gundumar Shenandoah ta haɗa da tunani mai zuwa game da bikin cika shekaru 150 da fara yakin basasa, da kuma yadda 'yan'uwa a lokacin suka amsa:
A ranar 19-22 ga Mayu, 1861, ’yan’uwa sun yi taronsu na Shekara-shekara a Beaver Creek (yanzu ikilisiyar da ke kusa da Bridgewater, Va.). Wannan taro ne na musamman mai cike da tarihi da ma'ana wanda ya cancanci tunawa domin ya faru a gundumarmu a lokacin tashin hankali, lokacin bude yakin basasa.
A cikin lokacin hunturu da bazara, 1861, yayin da al'ummar ta ke karkata zuwa ga rabuwa, Dunkers sun yi muhawara ko canza wurin taron su. A matsayin masu adawa da bautar, ’yan’uwa ’yan tsiraru ne da ba a san su ba a yankin da ake riƙe bayi da ke shirin yaƙi. Arewacin Dunkers sun ji tsoron tafiya kudu yana da haɗari sosai, amma 'yan'uwa na Virginia sun nuna cewa yana da haɗari kamar yadda suke tafiya arewa kuma taron ya ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara.
Jama’ar da suka fito sun yi yawa, amma ikilisiyoyin arewa hudu ne kawai suka aika wakilai. Editan jaridar gida, "Rockingham Register," ya ziyarci kuma ya rubuta rahoto mai tsawo kuma mai ban sha'awa.
Yi la'akari da raba wannan bayanin tare da cocin ku a matsayin tunawa da salon 'yan'uwa na shekarun yakin basasa, tushen wa'azi, Minti don Mishan, batun makarantar Lahadi, ko wani nau'i na tunawa. Masu sha'awar za su iya tuntuɓar mintuna na Taron Taron Shekara-shekara da kuma littafin Roger Sappington “The Brothers in the New Nation.” Don ƙarin bayani, gami da waƙoƙin farkon ƙarni na 19 waɗanda har yanzu sun saba kuma a cikin waƙoƙin shuɗi, tuntuɓi Steve Longenecker, Farfesa na Tarihi, Kwalejin Bridgewater, slongene@bridgewater.edu .