The memorial will be designed by Eto Otitigbe, the lead artist behind the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia.
Fredericksburg City Council grants FAM $150,000 for design of auction block memorial
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WATCH: Saving and preserving old family photos
Curatorial Specialist Kylie Thomson with the Fredericksburg Area Museum talks about taking care of old photos.
GALLERY: Lafayette returns to Fredericksburg
Lecture offers ‘Lafayette 101’ ahead of bicentennial weekend
Will Mackintosh leads audience through what the town was like during historic visit.
LISTEN: Lafayette weekend in Fredericksburg arrives
There’s a Thursday night lecture and then events Saturday and Sunday.
LISTEN: Lafayette weekend in Fredericksburg–the beginning
David Durham says a simple computer search several years ago got the ball rolling on the Lafayette focus this year.
LISTEN: Design team selected for Slave Auction Block memorial
Dr. Gaila Sims with the Fredericksburg Area Museum says a memorial will be developed at the site of the Slave Auction Block at the corner of William and Charles Streets.
Past and present collide with return of Fredericksburg’s Black Arts Festival
Grandson of theater organization’s founder played key part in re-imagined festival.
PHOTOS: 250+ pink ribbons on the fence at Mary Washington House for Breast Cancer Awareness month
The mother of George Washington died in Fredericksburg from breast cancer.
Stratford Hall receives $500,000 grant from Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Stratford Hall officials say the money will allow them to continue the preservation work on several buildings.
WATCH: Ribbons at the Mary Washington House on Charles Street
Every October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you can place a pink ribbon on the fence in front of the Mary Washington House on Charles Street in Fredericksburg.
WATCH: New book on ghosts in the area–Haunted Fredericksburg
Michelle Hamilton says she’s seen (and heard) the paranormal at the Mary Washington House on Charles Street.
All-terrain wheelchairs at Manassas Battlefield Park
The Manassas National Battlefield Park officially launched on Monday a new service for visitors to better access to the park with two manually powered all terrain wheelchairs. The chairs use two mountain bike wheels and manual lever propulsion to allow greater access...
WATCH: Colonial cooking this Saturday at Kenmore
Colonial cooking part of the Kemore Block Party on Saturday.
WATCH: Block Party this Saturday at Kenmore in Fredericksburg
Kenmore in Fredericksburg hosts a Community Block Party this Saturday from 10-2.
Buchanan exhibits curiosity, connects to family history through FAM internship project
PITV tribal citizen’s exhibit, “Past and Present of the Patawomeck Tribe,” opened Aug. 10 at the Fredericksburg Area Museum.
WATCH: Court Days in Colonial Virginia
Historic Germanna takes a look at the early legal system and the role courthouses played in the lives of citizens.
PHOTOS: Colonial Virginia up close
Historic Germanna marked the 300th anniversary of the opening of the original Spotsylvania Courthouse with a program on Saturday talking about the first case.
WATCH: Digging in Orange for the first Spotsylvania Courthouse
300 years ago the Courthouse sat in what is now Orange County.
WATCH: Historic Germanna to mark the 300th anniversary of the first Spotsylvania County Courthouse
It’s a look at the early days of Colonial Virginia’s legal system and the role courthouses played in the lives of residents.
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