Founded in 1995 as the Mosby Heritage Area Association (MHAA), its mission is to educate about, and advocate for, the preservation of the historic, cultural and scenic resources in the Northern Virginia Piedmont.
[1][2][3] MHAA took its original name from Confederate Cavalry officer John S. Mosby, whose rangers fought throughout the region during the American Civil War.
According to VPHA Chairman C. Dulany Morison, "We have decided to respectfully retire our name and adopt one that more accurately captures the broad scope of our mission to highlight all the diverse history, from the time of the Native Americans through the twentieth century, that has taken place in the heritage area.
[citation needed] In 2015, Richard Gillespie, executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, confirmed to Nicholas Fandos, a reporter for the New York Times that the assertions made on the River of Blood at the Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island, Virginia owned by President Donald Trump are false.
[7] In response to the monument's assertion that: Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot, "The Rapids," on the Potomac River.