Each Memorial Day weekend the VFW Post in the city places flags at the graves of veterans in Oak HIll Cemetery.
PHOTOS: VFW Post 3103 remembers
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PHOTOS: Getting the Fredericksburg National Cemetery ready for the 30th annual luminaria
Saturday morning scout troops (and their leaders and parents) placed the 15,300 bags and candles that will brighten the cemetery.
WATCH: “We must be louder. We must be bolder with remembrance.”–Deuntay Diggs
The importance of never forgetting.
PHOTOS: Memorial Day 2025 in Stafford
Powerful Friday morning in Stafford at the Armed Services Memorial.
WATCH: Spotsylvania-based Leashes of Valor founder and CEO reflects on Memorial Day
LOV’s Jason Haag talks about remembering on Memorial Day and how easy it is for all of us to get involved in their mission to help veterans.
Memorial Day weekend Express Lanes schedule
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer – which also means the start of the summer reversal schedule on the 95 and 395 Express Lanes.
LISTEN: Annual Tattoos for Community this weekend @ Jack Brown’s Tattoo Revival
100% of sales Saturday and Sunday goes to Empowerhouse.
PHOTOS: Spotsylvania fire officials checking on progress of new ladder truck in Wisconsin
Spotsylvania fire officials say Tower 6 is cutting edge and will replace their current ladder truck in the Salem Church District.
LISTEN: Spotsylvania Schools social worker to walk across England to raise money for local mental health
Later this month, Heidi Tippett begins the nearly 200 mile/14 day hike across England west-to-east from the Irish Sea to the North Sea to raise money for Mental Health America Fredericksburg Region.
LISTEN: What you need to know about measles
Measles cases has the attention of health officials.
WATCH: Fredericksburg Area Museum getting ready to open the Living Legacies exhibition
The exhibition opens May 30th with a block party,
PHOTOS: Restoring a historical marker near Culpeper
Telling the Salubria story.
WATCH: New historic marker for Salubria
One of the oldest homes in Culpeper County has had its state historic marker updated and restored
Area road work this week
Many highway work zones will be suspended and temporary lane closures lifted on interstates and other major roads in Virginia from
noon on Friday, May 23 until noon on Tuesday, May 27.
WATCH: Massacres and fleeing Kosovo vividly discussed in Fredericksburg
The courage to speak out.
PHOTOS: Standing room only as former ambassador speaks in Fredericksburg
William Walker alerted the world to atrocities taking place in Kosovo–those conditions forced Anita Crossfield and her daughter to flee and come to America.
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank distribution this week
The Food Bank says you’re welcome to come by for food assistance once a week, whether you choose a Drive-Thru, Walk-Up, or Fresh Market distribution.
PHOTOS: The volunteers keep coming to Rappahannock Education Farm
27 on Saturday morning in White Oak.
WATCH: Former ambassador to speak in Fredericksburg about what he witnessed in Kosovo
Fredericksburg businesswoman Anita Crossfield calls William Walker a hero.
LISTEN: Salvation Army’s Shoe Fund impacting all ages the region
This is Salvation Army Week.
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