Barrel Oak Winery in Delaplane, Va., is hosting a benefit for Lucky Dog Animal Rescue featuring local classic rock band the Beltway Rockers Saturday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. A $15 donation is requested at the door, and 10 percent of all wine sales will go to Lucky Dog.

The day was July 19, 1861. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson, a general of the Confederate Army, had marched his troops from Winchester, Virginia to a place known as Piedmont Station.

Having just returned from vacation, I felt somehow I had missed the transition from late summer into fall.