VIDEO: The Fredericksburg Area Museum and the Rappahannock Chapter of the American Red Cross teamed up for the Spirit of 45–a WWII themed blood drive. A chance to help the Red Cross with blood donations & learn about the past and present role of the Red Cross.

PHOTOS: The downtown branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library hosted a Patawomeck Village over the weekend.

AUDIO: The Spirit of 45. The Fredericksburg Area Museum and the Rappahannock Area Chapter of the American Red Cross teaming up for the Spirit of 45 Day on August 10 at the Museum at Market Square. 

VIDEO: The final program of the season for History at Sunset was at Belmont in Stafford County on Saturday night. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy says this region pivoted toward succession from the Union with the inauguration of President Lincoln…

PHOTOS: The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park’s wildly popular History at Sunset programs concluded Saturday night at Belmont. Not the Gari Melcher’s Belmont we hear about, but the Civil War Belmont. Chief Historian John Hennessy and Scott Harris, Executive Director of UMW Museums, led the program.

VIDEO: The Fredericksburg Fair hasn’t always been at its current location. During a recent History at Sunset program, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy described the fair on the land near Marye’s Heights and Brompton that would became known for its role in the Battle of Fredericksburg…

VIDEO: The 2019 archaeology dig at George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm in Stafford, is winding down. The director of archaeology for The George Washington Foundation says the site continues to produce surprises.

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.

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.

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.