VIDEO: Thank-you for your service. And welcome home!
Fredericksburg Army Specialist suprises wife and son with return in a Riverside Center show
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Stafford High School Tribe of Pride Band: Pearl Harbor
VIDEO: Stafford High School’s Tribe of Pride Marching Band’s program this fall was entitled “Pearl Harbor.”
12-thousand + cards from this area going to troops overseas
PHOTOS: The effort by B101.5 and the Give Back Team at Coldwell Banker Elite included help from a lot of groups, including Stafford County Schools.
SimVentions names Caliri President
Joseph Caliri named President at SimVentions. Megan Shepherd named COO.
MANARC presents check to Paws for Purple Hearts
VIDEO: The resale store MANARC, on Sophia Street in downtown Fredericksburg, is a non-profit that supports local veterans. MANARC presented a $15-hundred dollar check to the Ruther Glen-based Paws for Purple Hearts.
Ferry Farm Elementary students participate in Cards for the Troops
Ferry Farm Elementary had 17 classes participate in Operation Christmas Cards for the Troops! They made 417 cards!!!
Operation Christmas Cards for the Troops taking cards thru Monday
Elizabeth Wimmer’s class at Margaret Brent Elementary made 59 cards for Operation Christmas Cards for the Troops!!
Veterans Day 2019: Honor our Veterans Ride
PHOTOS: Fredericksburg Fallen Heroes rode the streets of Fredericksburg to the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial and the Veterans Day program.
Veterans Day 2019: Care packages for veterans
PHOTOS: Veterans at ceremony at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial all received special care packages.
Veterans Day 2019: Fredericksburg says Thank-you
PHOTOS: The Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council’s Veterans Day program at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial.
Veterans Day 2019: Reeves talks about the Silver Stars awarded to ‘Uncle Chuck’
VIDEO: Spotsylvania Senator Byrce Reeves at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial in Fredericksburg on Veterans Day 2019. Senator Reeves talked to the military examples he grew up with.
Veterans and military families at risk for fraud
The Better Business Bureau of Central Virginia with a list of scams often targeted to veterans and their families
Veterans Day observed in Stafford
PHOTOS: Remembering and honoring veterans in Stafford at the Armed Services Memorial on Courthouse Road.
Veterans Day 2019: Remember the families
VIDEO: Speaking at the Armed Services Memorial on Courthouse Road in Stafford, Lt. General Ron Christmas, USMC (Ret.), talked about what the familes of veterans must often endure.
Veterans Day to be observed Monday in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Veterans Day events feature procession, ceremony and resource fair
600 care packages from this area headed to the military overseas
PHOTOS: This is what 600 packages headed overseas to troops looks like. Blue Star Mothers of Fredericksburg and volunteers did the packing in about 90 minutes on Saturday morning at the Berea Fire Station in Stafford.
Care packages for troops assembled by local Blue Star Mothers
VIDEO: Blue Star Mothers of Fredericksburg and about 200 volunteers assembled 600 care packages ready to be sent to service members overseas. The community donated everything in each box.
More than a coin
A moving moment at the 2019 Davey’s Battle Brothers Memorial Ride. The annual event remembers Sgt David Ruhren of Stafford who died in Iraq in the mess hall bombing in 2004. Participants in the ride this year received a coin from Sgt. Ruhren’s mother.
2019 Davey’s Battle Brothers Memorial Ride
VIDEO: The start of the 2019 Davey’s Battle Brothers Ride from the Mason-Ruhren Readiness Center in Fredericksburg to Stafford County. Sgt Ruhren died in the 2004 attack on the mess hall in Iraq
Balloon release to honor a hero
VIDEO: Balloon release at 2019 Davey’s Battle Brothers Memorial Ride at the Mason-Ruhran Readiness Center in Fredericksburg. Sgt. David Ruhran died in Iraq in 2004 in the mess hall bombing.
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