VIDEO: Fredericksburg Councilman Matt Kelly talks about why he opposes moving the slave auction block to the Fredericksburg Area Museum.
Moving the slave block: Councilman Kelly
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Moving the slave block: Councilman Frye
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.
City Council votes to move slave auction block
Only one no vote. Motion calls for slave block to be moved by the end of the year.
2019 Virginia Renaissance Faire coming to a close
VIDEO: Today is the final day of the 2019 season of the Virginia Renaissance Faire at Lake Anna Winery in Spotsylvania from 10-5.
Memorial Day @ the Confederate Cemetery: Taps
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.
Memorial Day @ the Confederate Cemetery: A moving poem
VIDEO: Memorial Day 2019 at the Confederate Cemetery. “Gather Them All.” Written and read by Roy Perry.
Memorial Day @ the National Cemetery
VIDEO: Memorial Day 2019 at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery.
Storms stop Luminaria
Storms bring an early end to the annual Luminaria at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery.
Getting the Confederate Cemetery ready for the Saturday night illumination
PHOTOS: Volunteers worked Saturday morning to get the Confederate Cemetery ready for the Saturday night illumination.
Getting ready for the illumination in Fredericksburg
PHOTOS: Getting ready for the illumination Saturday night at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery on Lafayette Blvd. (8-11pm) Hundreds of Scouts placing bags, sand and candles next to the over 15-thousand graves Saturday morning.
Town Talk- Memorial Day in Fredericksburg
AUDIO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy talks about Memorial Day weekend events in the region.
May 14, 1864
VIDEO: May 14, 1864. Meyer’s Hill in Spotsylvania. Tucked away among development, a key Civil War battlefield remains relatively untouched. And it will remain that way thanks to the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust. We walked the land with Historian Chris Mackowski.
DC-based Taratibu Youth Association entertains and teaches in Market Square
PHOTOS: Hen Asem is a series of programs this year in Fredericksburg commemorating the 400th anniversary of African Americans coming to the colonies in the slave trade. Saturday at Market Square downtown, Taratibu Youth Association from DC brought dance and music–and some powerful history stories.
Fredericksburg Area Museum presenting year-long Hen Asem series
VIDEO: The Fredericksburg Area Museum is marking the 400th anniversary of the first African Americans brought to the colonies as part of the slave trade with programs all year. The programing is called Hen Asem. Sara Poore and Michael Carter, Jr. talked about it.
May 10, 1863
VIDEO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Frank O’Reilly talks about Stonewall Jackson’s last days in Caroline County
May 2, 1863. Confederates suffer a major blow at Chancellorsville
VIDEO: May 2, 1863. Stonewall Jackson is wounded at Chancellorsville by his own men. Here is part of a program at Chancellorsville by Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Historians in 2015
May 1, 1863: The eve of the Battle of Chancellorsville
PHOTOS: May 1, 1863. The Lee-Jackson Bivouac on Furnace Road, just west of Old Plank Road. It marks the last meeting between General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Here they planned Jackson’s flank attack on Hooker’s Army.
All in the family: Sunday concert has family ties
AUDIO: The third-great-granddaughters of the owners of Ellwood and Chatham Manor holding a fundraising concert for Friends of Wilderness Battlefield this Sunday at Chancellor High School. We talked with Gracie and Lacy. Info on the concert at fowb.org
Images: Spring on the Spotsylvania Battlefield
PHOTOS: A quiet, spring afternoon near the bloody angle in Spotsylvania. 155 years ago, this area was weeks away from being transformed in the Battle of Spotsylvania.
Town Talk: Fredericksburg Area Museum
Sara Poore and Melanie Johnson with the Fredericksburg Area Museum talk about exhibits, programs and what’s ahead
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