The George Washington Foundation hosted a birthday celebration Friday night at Ferry Farm in Stafford.
PHOTOS: Big celebration at Ferry Farm in Stafford
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WATCH: Learning about history near where it happened
160 years ago on Monday, John Washington freed himself from slavery in Fredericksburg. He crossed the Rappahannock into the lines of Union troops in Falmouth. Historian Steward Henderson told the story to some James Monroe High School students.
PHOTOS: Block Party @ Kenmore
A Centennial Block Party Party at Kenmore on Saturday in Fredericksburg. The George Washington Foundation celebrated the actions of a group of women who raised money to keep Kenmore intact.
WATCH: Centennial Block Party at Kenmore on Saturday celebrates those who saved the building
A Centennial Block Party takes place on Saturday (April 9th) at Kenmore in Fredericksburg–1201 Washington Ave–from 10-2.
WATCH: Downtown churches gather to remember Dr. King
Downtown Fredericksburg churches held a service of remembrance Monday night at 6:01, the time 54 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis.
LISTEN: Town Talk/George Washington Foundation
Dave Muraca, Meghan Budinger and Amy Durbin preview the Centennial Block Party at Kenmore this Saturday from 10-2.
WATCH: Rappahannock Tribe gets its land back after being displaced about 400 years ago
Ceremony held in Essex County
WATCH: Culpeper marker remembers U-S Colored Troops
A historical marker has been dedicated in Culpeper that highlights the first African American soldiers who served with the Army of the Potomac in the Overland Campaign of 1864.
Historical Civil War sword returns to Spotsylvania
Diane Dillard found the 1863 Emerson & Silver-manufactured sword in her family home in St. Helens, Oregon last year.
Historical Marker for “U.S. Colored Troops” to be Dedicated in Culpeper County
The public dedication ceremony for the marker will be held Saturday starting at 11 a.m., at the Brandy Station Fire Hall
WATCH: Life in the Continental Army.
History comes alive on Presidents Day at Ferry Farm in Stafford.
WATCH: The cherry tree and stone toss stories 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.
PHOTOS: History up close @ Ferry Farm in Stafford
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: Looking for something to do? Ferry Farm on Monday..
WATCH: You can spend Presidents Day at George Washington’s boyhood home–Ferry Farm in Stafford. Activities from 10-3.
LISTEN: Town Talk/George Washington Foundation
Amy Durbin, Meghan Budinger and Dave Muraca with the George Washington Foundation on the Washington Birthday Celebration on February 21st
WATCH: New history panel in Fredericksburg
The panel is unveiled on Canal Street in Fredericksburg
WATCH: Honoring the protest of the Walker Grant class of 1950
Class protested when city wouldn’t allow the African-American graduates go into the front door of the community center in 1950.
City to unveil historical panel recognizing the 1950 Walker-Grant High School Graduates
The event will start at 1 p.m. in front of the Dorothy Hart Community Center at 408 Canal Street.
WATCH: Significant Stories 2021- Freedom Riders marker downtown
A historical marker was unveiled in downtown Fredericksburg commemorating the first stop of the 1961 Freedom Rides.
WATCH: Christmas in colonial times
A look around Kenmore in Fredericksburg
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