Category: History
There’s an interesting connection between a gingerbread company and historic Kenmore that helped save Kenmore from being developed 100 years ago.
The George Washington Foundation continues to celebrate a key anniversary: This is the 100th anniversary of a group of women coming together to save Kenmore in Fredericksburg.
We grew up singing “Yankee Doodle,” or reading, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” What did they mean?
The George Washington Foundation’s Bill Garner on the importance of saving history.
The reading of the Declaration of Independence has become a 4th of July tradition in Fredericksburg. Washington Heritage Musuems also lets children and adults sign the document after the reading.
On the 4th of July, the reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Hugh Mercer Apothocary Shop on Caroline Street in downtown Fredericksburg.
The ten oldest Black families in Fredericksburg gathered Saturday morning at the Walker Grant Center for DNA testing.
“It’s called “Reclaiming Our Time.” Dr. Paula Royster has identified the ten oldest Black families in Fredericksburg.
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Video courtesy Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors
The park’s summer interpretive programming starts on Monday, June 13, and runs through August 13. The grounds of all sites are open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Identifying the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg is the project of Paula Royster and the Center for African American Genealogical Research.
Names have been released for Reclaiming Our Time
Fred Homes
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