On the 60th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides, a temporary historic marker was unveiled in downtown Fredericksburg at the site of the former bus station where the Freedom Riders first stopped in 1961.
Here’s the documentary shown during the Xavier Richardson Day celebration over the weekend. It’s highly inspirational!
Historic Garden Week came to Fredericksburg on Tuesday.
Flags lowered today to remember the Virginia Tech shootings
Registration is required for the Thursday program. Here are the details.
Spring pops in the gardens at Belmont in Stafford: Gari Melchers Home and Studio.
University of Mary Washington Museums Executive Director Scott Harris talks about upcoming programs at the Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont and the James Monroe Museum downtown.
Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg Manager Michelle Hamilton helped celebrate International Courtesy Day on Sunday with a discussion of George Washington’s Rule of Civility.
A state historical marker was dedicated Saturday morning to remember the founding of the Reconstruction-era Little Zion Baptist Church in Orange County.
WATCH: Little Zion Baptist Church in Orange unveiled a state historical marker on Saturday morning. The congregation established the church around 1870 during Reconstruction.
WATCH: Washington Heritage Museums in Fredericksburg celebrates International Kindness Day this Sunday with a virtual program for you that focuses on George Washingtons Rules of Civility.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy and Historian Becca Toy (on the phone) talk about national cemeteries and the importance of continuing the race conversations.
Dramatic. Stafford Board of Supervisors Chairman Crystal Vanuch read a Women’s History Month proclamation surrounded by women.
The James Monroe Museum in Fredericksburg hosted a Women’s History Month program with Dr. Lynne Cheney on her book: The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation.
Black History Month in Spotsylvania. Cassandra Johnson Terrell–as a girl was one of the first to desegregate county schools-and NAACP President Moe Petway spoke to the County Board of Supervisors
Inspirational program over the weekend as the Spotsylvania NAACP focused on Black History Month in a Zoom meeting.
The first President at his boyhood home on his day.
Presidents’ Day 2021 @ Ferry Farm. George Washington answers the question of why he became President.
Judge Kerwin Miller Sr. will deliver the virtual keynote address on Feb. 10, for the James Farmer Multicultural Center’s Black History Month celebration.
Jessica Burger, Mara Kaktins and Dave Muraca talk about George Washington’s birthday celebration at Ferry Farm on the 15th. Also discussion on what’s being discovered at Ferry Farm
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