Native Set to Lead Preservation Group

From the Winchester Star article by Val Van Meter:

Sandra Bosley started working part time for Preservation of Historic Winchester (PHW) in June 2005, but she’s been aiding the organization dedicated to preserving the city’s architectural history since she was in fourth grade.

Bosley, 33, who was recently named the executive director of the agency, cites the city’s 18th-century Red Lion Tavern as her introduction to PHW.

As part of a gifted-and-talented program, Bosley and other students spent several weeks at the building on the corner of Loudoun and Cork streets, learning about its ties to Revolutionary War Gen. Daniel Morgan.

At one point, she said, the students were given costumes and declared docents and charged with telling the public what they had learned.

“That was my first experience with PHW,” she said.

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