The public dedication ceremony for the marker will be held Saturday starting at 11 a.m., at the Brandy Station Fire Hall

History comes alive on Presidents Day at Ferry Farm in Stafford.

Dave Muraca with The George Washington Foundation talks about two stories tied to Washington’s boyhood home–the cherry tree and throwing a stone across the Rappahannock.

Talking with General Washington, colonial games, attempting to throw a stone across the Rappahannock, birthday cupcakes. Some of the adventures on Presidents Day at Washington’s boyhood home

WATCH: You can spend Presidents Day at George Washington’s boyhood home–Ferry Farm in Stafford. Activities from 10-3.

Amy Durbin, Meghan Budinger and Dave Muraca with the George Washington Foundation on the Washington Birthday Celebration on February 21st

The panel is unveiled on Canal Street in Fredericksburg

Class protested when city wouldn’t allow the African-American graduates go into the front door of the community center in 1950.

The event will start at 1 p.m. in front of the Dorothy Hart Community Center at 408 Canal Street.

A historical marker was unveiled in downtown Fredericksburg commemorating the first stop of the 1961 Freedom Rides.

A look around Kenmore in Fredericksburg

Historians Ryan Quint and Hilary Grabowska talk about Chatham and what’s available around the region. Also, what happened in the region 159 years ago right now as the Battle of Fredericksburg neared.

Dave Muraca, Meghan Budinger and Amy Durban with the George Washington Foundation outline what’s happening over the holidays at Historic Kenmore and Ferry Farm

Complete speech given at the unveiling of a monument in Culpeper to honor U-S Colored Troops and African American contributions in the county.

The monument is along Madden’s Tavern Road where three Union Black soldiers were executed by Confederates.

Take a hike. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park