Rev. Aaron Dobynes talks about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.
WATCH: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King at Shiloh Baptist Old Site
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LISTEN: Special programs this weekend at Stratford Hall in Westmoreland
Stratford Hall’s Gordon Blaine Steffey talks about events Saturday and Sunday.
WATCH: Colonial America around us
Another piece of colonial America returns to the landscape of George Washington’s boyhood home–Ferry Farm in Stafford.
PHOTOS: Audubon Bird Count in Orange County
Historic Germanna hosted a Christmas bird walk/Audubon annual Christmas Bird Count at Historic Salubria in Orange County on Saturday.
PHOTOS: Fresh looks on history
The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Military Park held programs over the past few days at key locations during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
WATCH: The Battle of Fredericksburg and Richard Kirkland
The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park held several programs in recent days marking the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Ryan Quint talked about Confederates on Marye’s Heights on December 13, 1862 and the story of Richard Kirkland…
WATCH: The Battle of Fredericksburg–Slaughter Pen Farm
One of the key points in the Battle of Fredericksburg is on preserved land–open fields–you may have driven past on Tidewater Trail in Spotsylvania near Shannon Airport.
LISTEN: December 13, 1862–The Battle of Fredericksburg
Maryes Heights, Prospect Hill, Slaughter Pen Farm…a deadly day of fighting.
WATCH: The Battle of Fredericksburg–looting
Beth Parnicza with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park talks about the looting that happened in Fredericksburg 162 years ago today.
WATCH: The Battle of Fredericksburg–street fighting
Fierce street fighting in Fredericksburg leading up to the battle on December 13, 1862.
WATCH: It’s Candlelight Tour weekend in Fredericksburg
You can tour the nine homes once at any time during event hours over the weekend.
PHOTOS: The Battle of Fredericksburg- December 11, 1862
After repeated delays, Union troops begin to cross into Fredericksburg from Chatham.
WATCH: The Battle of Fredericksburg began on December 11, 1862
John Launius with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park talks about delays Ambrose Burnside encountered in crossing the Rappahannock River on December 11, 1862 and what that meant.
LISTEN: Historic Fredericksburg Foundation’s Christmas Candlelight Tour is this weekend
Preservationist and Architectural Historian Danae Peckler says some of the homes featured are on Winchester and Prince Edward streets, but the focus will be Fauquier Street.
Fredericksburg City Council grants FAM $150,000 for design of auction block memorial
The memorial will be designed by Eto Otitigbe, the lead artist behind the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia.
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.
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