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.
AUDIO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Chief Historian John Hennessy talks about Memorial Day weekend events in the region.
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.
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.
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.
VIDEO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Frank O’Reilly talks about Stonewall Jackson’s last days in Caroline County
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
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.
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
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.
Sara Poore and Melanie Johnson with the Fredericksburg Area Museum talk about exhibits, programs and what’s ahead
VIDEO: Punch of the Past: Saturday night at the Rising Sun Tavern on Caroline Street.
PHOTOS: Spring beginning to emerge around Catharine Furnace in Spotsylvania.
VIDEO: James Monroe: the Library of a President, is the new exhibit at the James Monroe Museum on Charles Street in downtown Fredericksburg.
VIDEO: Fredericksburg discusses what to do about the slave auction block at the corner of William and Charles streets.. More discussions to come after a report from the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Still to be resolved: How to tell the story and whether the block should stay or be moved.
The recent restoration of the University of Mary Washington’s century-old amphitheatre has been recognized by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc.
Celebrate Black History Month at the Children’s Museum Downtown with energetic performances from Ezibu Muntu African Dance and Education Stations.
These hours for the public buildings of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park will remain in effect until further notice.
To celebrate Veteran’s Day and the centennial anniversary of Armistice Day, the Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) will host a tour of its exhibition, World Aflame: A Hometown in Two World Wars.
Thrill-seekers of all ages are welcome to learn about the history of Fredericksburg’s Soap Box Derby and participate in their very own race.
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