VIDEO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy talked about the closing and then rehabilitation of the Sunken Road in Fredericksburg at History at Sunset over the weekend…
VIDEO: The Sunken Road is known primarily for the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. Historian Hilary Grabowska with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Military Park on the road’s non-war background…
PHOTOS: About 150 people at History at Sunset on Saturday night. John Hennessy and Hilary Grabowska with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park led a program at the Sunken Road.
VIDEO: Archaeology continues this month at George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm in Stafford. We got a real up-close view of some of what is being discovered.
VIDEO: The Fredericksburg Area Museum is getting ready for the slave auction block
VIDEO: Fredericksburg City Council hears from the public works director and city manager on plans to move the slave auction block
VIDEO: George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm in Stafford. Nobody does it better on the 4th.
VIDEO: July 4th reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Hugh Mercer Apothecary in Fredericksburg.
AUDIO: Alma Withers, Megan Budinger and Dave Muraca from the George Washington Foundation preview the 4th at George Washington’s boyhood home.
VIDEO: The archaeological dig at George Washington’s boyhood home at Ferry Farm in Stafford is finding unexpected treasures this summer. George Washington Foundation Chief Archaeologist Dave Muraca says it may change the interpretation of where buildings were on the site.
7th District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger has announced one federal grant of $96,545 to protect 14 acres of the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield.
AUDIO: City Councilman Matt Kelly explains his vote against moving the slave auction block from the corner of William and Charles Streets to the Fredericksburg Area Museum.
History at Sunset begins its 17th year this weekend with a big change. The National Park Service programs have been shifted to Saturday evenings with an earlier start time—6:30 p.m.
VIDEO: Fredericksburg City Council votes to move the slave auction block from the corner of William and Charles Streets to the Fredericksburg Area Museum. Here’s the unedited 40 minutes of debate leading up to the vote.
VIDEO: Fredericksburg Councilman Matt Kelly talks about why he opposes moving the slave auction block to the Fredericksburg Area Museum.
VIDEO: Fredericksburg City Council votes to move the slave auction block to the Fredericksburg Area Museum by the end of the year. Councilman Chuck Frye made the motion.
Only one no vote. Motion calls for slave block to be moved by the end of the year.
VIDEO: Today is the final day of the 2019 season of the Virginia Renaissance Faire at Lake Anna Winery in Spotsylvania from 10-5.
VIDEO: The 1st LT. Commander of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Matthew Fountaine Maury Camp, played Taps at the conclusion of the Memorial Day program at the Confederate Cemetery.
VIDEO: Memorial Day 2019 at the Confederate Cemetery. “Gather Them All.” Written and read by Roy Perry.
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