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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR9_olympians_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Three Stafford High graduates competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Jeff Rouse won a gold and a silver medal swimming. Mark Lenzi received a gold medal in diving. Conrad Adams was the captain of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR7_falmouth-railroad-station_Fredericksburg-VA.html
During the Civil War, a railroad station stood on this site. The station consisted of a warehouse, a platform, quartermaster tents, and several sidings. Trains arrived and departed on the hour traveling to and from Aquia Landing. The station witne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBF_fredericksburgs-wharves-and-harbor_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The dock before you was once the site of a large wharf complex and ferry landing. From the founding of Fredericksburg in 1728, the river played a major role in the transportation of goods such as timber, flour and corn as well as passengers. Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19NS_carls_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Carl'shas Been Registered as aVirginia Historic Landmarkby the Virginia Board of Historic Resourcesand Placed on TheNational Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19NJ_prisoners-of-christ_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In Honored Memory ofLewis CraigJohn Waller, Jr.James Chiles of the county of SpotsylvaniaPrisoners of ChristProphets of Spiritual FreedomWho, undaunted by imprisonmentpreached the Gospel even through the bars of the jail in Fredericksburgin the ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1927_war-balloons_Fredericksburg-VA.html
During the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies performed reconnaissance while suspended from Hot Air Balloons. The Union Army's use of balloons began in the summer of 1861. After observing civilian balloonist Thaddeus Lowe float in a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1925_mud-march_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In early January 1863, General Ambrose E. Burnside strategized to out-flank Confederate forces by crossing the Rappahannock at Bank's Ford, well upstream of Fredericksburg. His advance was brought to an abrupt halt when a vicious winter storm sett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17MC_a-memorial-landscape_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On this site, the Fredericksburg Area Veteran's Council honors the local men and women who gave their lives in wars and military actions during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The extension of George Street to a new high school cut th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM150F_confederate-cemetery_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Ladies Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, organized May 10, 1866, cares for the graves and honors those Confederate soldiers who died in this area's four battles. The Cemetery was dedicated May, 1870 to 3,553 men from 14 States reinterred…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLT_the-barton-street-potters-field_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This marker commemorates the indigent and unknown once interred on this site. Provided by the City in 1816 and once called the Colored Cemetery, it was the final resting place for former slaves and free blacks. Long barren and unused, in 1920 this…
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